U.S. Air Force F-16 Recovered From North Pacific
Phoenix International Holdings Inc. announced on Jan. 3 that they had successfully concluded an underwater search and recovery of a …
Aerospace
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,” …
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance Technologies Evolve for Homeland Security and Other Applications
The Wide Area Aerial Surveillance (WAAS) systems that found improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan now lend themselves …
Marine Corps Aviation: Modernizing Before the Storm
Marine Corps aviation is getting new strike fighters, medium-lift tilt-rotors, attack and utility helicopters, and turboprop tanker-transports in advance of …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Tipping Point for Ballistic Missile Defense
The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States provided a dramatic warning that even the “world’s hegemon,” as America …
F-22 Crash at Tyndall Brings New Attention to Raptor Saga
The crash of an F-22 Raptor near Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle on November 15 is prompting …
The Marine Corps of 2030
A s the smallest of the nation’s uniformed military services, the Marine Corps is most susceptible to tight budgets, but …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Building an Aegis Fleet
It is easy to look back from the perspective of 2012, with scores of Aegis cruisers and destroyers populating the …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Three Ts – Talos, Terrier, and Tartar
For me, the story of the U.S. Navy’s journey to achieve effective fleet air defense is a personal one – …
C-130J Super Hercules Makes Its Mark at Dyess Air Force Base
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, is in the processing of becoming the world’s largest operator of the C-130J Super Hercules …