Details of the X-47B’s First Autonomous Carrier Landing
The U.S. Navy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System – Demonstration (UCAS-D) …
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U.S. Navy’s X-47B UCAS-D Makes First Carrier Landing | Photos
The U.S. Navy made history on July 10, 2013, when a Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator (UCAS-D) made …
The Navy’s X-47B Flies With Air Force Engine
Few realize that as the X-47B performed touch-and-goes on the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) a week after its …
Two U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey Pilots Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
Despite serving with distinction in Afghanistan since 2009, no Marine pilot of an MV-22 Osprey had ever been awarded the …
U.S. Navy Maintenance and Modernization Suffer Due to Budget Woes
The Navy must systematically conduct maintenance and modernization of its force – not to mention repair ships when they are …
Book Review – Fallujah Awakens: Marines, Sheikhs, and the Battle Against al Qaeda
Fallujah, a city of about 300,000 people located in Anbar province and roughly 43 miles west of Baghdad, brutally thrust …
Marine Corps Explores Future Route Reconnaissance and Clearance (R2C) Capabilities
The United States Marine Corps is exploring a range of future route reconnaissance and road clearance capabilities under a business …
Escort Carriers and Close Air Support
Escort carriers, nicknamed “baby flattops” and “jeep carriers,” were slow, thin-skinned, small, and cramped. Their crews, in a sarcastic reference …
Naval Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Middle East Conference
The IQPC (International Quality & Productivity Center) Naval Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Middle East conference, held June 3-4 in …
Operation Cartwheel
Rabaul, located on the island of New Britain, was the Imperial Japanese army and navy’s main forward operating base in …