Navy MQ-4C Triton suffers Class A mishap
It's unclear whether enemy fire shot down the aircraft, or if it suffered a mechanical problem.
Navy unveils final RFP for new trainer aircraft to replace T-45 Goshawk
The UJTS will succeed the Navy’s T-45 Goshawk fleet, which first joined the service in the early 1990s.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
Inside six helo companies gunning for the Army’s Flight School Next program
With Flight School Next, the Army is looking to shake up the way it acquires both the aircraft and the curriculum.
The Army is leading on unmanned aviation. Who will follow?
The Army is cutting a fifth of its aviation branch as it shifts toward unmanned systems. And the rest of the services should follow, writes John Ferrari.
Senate Republicans ‘very close’ to deal to protect key DoD spectrum in reconciliation language
Democrat Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, where Boeing is headquartered, continues to raise concerns about potential interference with civil and military aviation.
Army upgrading helo pilot training under Flight School Next, seeks new aircraft
“We will teach them to be integrators and flight integrators on the back end of that, but we want them to be masters of their craft, of being able to fly a helicopter the old-fashioned way,” Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus said.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
Army’s $186B budget request shuffles artillery, aviation plans
The Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) platform joins the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) on the budget cutting room floor for America's largest service.
Navy air boss orders ‘safety pause’ following string of crashes
Five Marines and a Super Hornet pilot were killed in recent naval aviation crashes.
New Marine Corps aviation plan makes ‘digital interoperability’ a top priority
The Marine Corps has not published a new aviation plan since 2019.
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Don’t close the door on open systems
Success can only be achieved by finding common ground between the US government’s desire for MOSA and industry’s incentive to modify its current business cases.
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America must adopt a Sixth Domain of warfare doctrine
The Sixth Domain is not defined by geography. It’s a new kind of conflict in which autonomy and networked systems allow thousand-dollar consumer electronics to destroy multi-million-dollar conventional weapons systems.
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Block II Chinook: Still The Answer – Now And In The Future
With greater lift and increased commonality, the Army’s heavy-lift helicopter just keeps getting better.
DoD Must Brace For Long-Term Supply Chain Problems; Big Mergers Likely
"The impact of the COVID crisis in the aviation sector has been really nothing short of catastrophic," said Hunter. "At this point, it's very challenging for those companies to stay in business."
FARA: Army Awards 5 Design Contracts; Winner Enters Production in 2028
Awards for Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft designs went to Bell, Boeing, Karem, Sikorsky, and a partnership of AVX and L-3.
Former NSC Cyber Head Clarke Calls For Global Cyber Treaty
Former National Security Council cyber security director Richard Clarke says the military hasn’t done enough to secure today’s networked weapons systems against hacking and is likely to find out what they’ve missed the hard way once a conflict with a sophisticated adversary begins. “The nightmare scenario that I hear a lot of flag officers worrying about is, […]