The New “Marine One” Will Have to Be Cost-effective
Caution is the keyword as industry prepares to compete in the Pentagon’s looming VXX competition for a new “Marine One,” …
Naval Forces
Arthur “Hawk” Hawkins Was Navy Air Ace and Blue Angels Pioneer
Arthur “Hawk” Hawkins was “smart, aggressive and absolutely fearless,” said retired Navy Capt. Bill Dixon, who flew with Hawkins in …
India Battery EFSS Live-Fire in Kuwait
Marines with India Battery, the artillery unit for Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, …
Submarines and Their Future
Do submarines have a future? They are the oldest stealthy vehicles. It is often argued (recently by the chief of …
Air Command and Control and Sensor Netting
When it came under the PEO Land Systems umbrella just a few years ago, the Marine Corps’ Common Aviation Command …
The F4U Corsair
The F4U Corsair was one of the great fighters of World War II — one of those classics that captures …
Naval Weapons of World War One: Who Was Doing What, and Why
Norman Friedman’s book Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines, and ASW Weapons of All Nations – An …
Marine Corps PEO Land Systems: Light Tactical Vehicles
The recent announcement of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) awards only added to an …
Marine Corps Aviation Centennial: Marine Aviators In Their Own Words
When Marine Corps First Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham arrived at the aviation camp at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, …
X-47B UCAS Inaugural Land-based Catapult Launch
While one X-47B was hoisted aboard USS Harry S. Truman for deck handling tests, another was at Naval Air Station …