Caution is the keyword as industry prepares to compete in the Pentagon’s looming VXX competition for a new “Marine One,” or presidential helicopter.
“It’s a legitimate feeling to worry about …
When Marine Corps First Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham arrived at the aviation camp at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on May 22, 1912, it marked what is now …
Marine Corps aviation is getting new strike fighters, medium-lift tilt-rotors, attack and utility helicopters, and turboprop tanker-transports in advance of sequestered budget cuts or more measured economies across the U.S. …
Work is underway to develop BAE Systems’ APKWS II for fast jets. On Feb. 10, 2011, the Navy awarded a contract marking the start of a two-year Joint Capability Technology …
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has fielded the new BAE systems built Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System II (APKWS II) in Afghanistan where it is being used by the service’s …
First Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham became the first Marine to enter the world of aeronautics when he arrived at the aviation camp at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., …
A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey (bureau number 165844) crashed in Morocco on April 11, killing two U.S. Marines and injuring two more severely.
The tilt-rotor aircraft was deployed as part …
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) was one of the first branches to see the military potential of rotary-wing aviation, including putting helicopters on ships for the first time during the …
In Hollywood, the Marine Corps is a combination of ground warriors carried into battle by ships and helicopters. In the real world, while every Marine, regardless of job, is a …
The U.S. Marine Corps has been perhaps the fastest and most enthusiastic adopter of all forms of aviation in the past century, from rotary- and fixed-wing to carrier-based, from short …
