Navy Awards Raytheon $149 Million for SM-6 Missiles
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon another $149 million for 74 additional Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) all-up rounds, spares, …
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V-1600: The Carrier-Capable F-16 That Wasn’t
Most aviation buffs know the story of how the General Dynamics YF-16 was chosen by the Air Force over …
High-tech Solutions for the Oldest Form of Naval Warfare
Courtesy of Surface SITREP. Republished with the permission of the Surface Navy Association.
Navy combatants are designed for …
Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider Begins Flight Testing
The first of Sikorsky’s two prototype S-97 Raider compound helicopters left the ground for the first time May 22, …
Book Review – Stay the Rising Sun
Phil Keith’s Stay the Rising Sun provides an intimate portrait of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV 2), her …
OIF Second Night: SEAL Assault on the GOPLATs
When planners for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) began their studies of how to liberate Iraq from Saddam Hussein, they looked …
Naval Special Warfare in an Uncertain Global Security Environment
We live in a rapidly changing world full of uncertain security situations. Adversaries are capitalizing on a flattened global system …
VMFA-121 F-35B Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP)
Cpl. Travis Gersheneck shot this video of F-35Bs carrying out field carrier landing practice (FCLP). F-35B pilots Maj. Aric Liberman …
Interview with Adm. Mark Ferguson
Courtesy of Surface SITREP. Republished with the permission of the Surface Navy Association.
Edward H. Lundquist: Can you …
V-E Day Commemorated by Warbird Flyover
Today, on Victory in Europe, or V-E Day, beginning just after 12:00 PM, a massive flyover of 15 successive formations …