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Navy looks to shake up traditional carrier strike group model
A new Navy plan seeks to improve flexibility of forces worldwide, while allowing aircraft carriers to remain deployed for longer periods of time.
By Diana Stancy
Future USS John F. Kennedy kicks off topside catapult testing
Car-like carriages weighing up to 80,000 pounds are being launched off the carrier to test its jet catapult system.
By Diana Stancy
Doggone deployment: Navy carriers em-‘bark’ mental health pups
The Navy is testing out a program to embark therapy dogs aboard aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships.
By Diana Stancy
US and allies down dozens of Houthi drones in Red Sea showdown
U.S. and coalition forces took out a steady stream of Houthi attack drones Saturday.
Central Command’s Kurilla eyes drone-countering lasers for Middle East
At least 31 directed-energy initiatives are underway across the U.S. Department of Defense. Some are more mature than others.
Troops in Iraq, Syria had close calls with militia attacks
Nearly 200 troops have been injured in attacks from Iran-backed militant groups since October.
Pentagon to lift Osprey flight ban after fatal Air Force crash
The Osprey has been grounded following a Nov. 29 Air Force Special Operations Command crash in Japan that killed eight service members.
By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp, AP
Allies probe accidental targeting of US drone by German navy frigate
A German warship fired two SM-2 interceptors at an American MQ-9 drone in the Red Sea, but both missed.
Marine F-35C used for Top Gun training takes a nosedive while parked
The jet “experienced an incident involving collapse of the nose landing gear” on Jan. 26, a Marine spokeswoman said.
USS Delbert D Black concludes brief surge deployment with carrier Ford
Delbert D. Black's three-month deployment tested a new Navy concept of cycling out a carrier strike group's destroyers during deployment.
By Diana Stancy
Air Force knows what failed in fatal Osprey crash — but not why
NBC News reported Monday that the crash was linked to chipping from the Osprey’s proprotor gearbox.
By Tara Copp, AP