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National Defense January 2015 Valerie Insinna	Important Tests Loom for Navy and Marine Corps F-35 The Navy and Marine Corps variants of the joint strike fighter have an eventful year ahead, and program officials are saddled with a long list of work to do before major milestones in the summer.
National Defense September 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Tactical Aviation's Existential Debate: To Hover or Not to Hover? When it comes to saving prized weapon systems from the budget ax, the Marine Corps has excelled like no other branch of the military.
National Defense December 2015 Stew Magnuson	F-35 Program Ramps Up Training for Pilots, Technicians The F-35 joint strike fighter program is transitioning to a day when its pilots will come fresh out of flight school and the new jet fighter will be their first assignment.
National Defense September 2014 Dan Parsons	F-35 Looks to Move Past Recent Setbacks Recent months have been particularly inauspicious for the most expensive weapon system development program in U.S. history.
National Defense November 2013 Dan Parsons	Joint Strike Fighter Total Cost Still Up in the Air The Air Force general in charge of bailing out development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is in agreement with Lockheed Martin that the mistakes of the past are behind them and the first operational jets will be available on time and on budget in 2015.
National Defense April 2015 Valerie Insinna	Troubled Logistics System Critical to F-35's Future Like the plane itself, the Autonomic Logistics Information System, or ALIS, has had its share of problems, including delays and limitations to its functionality.
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	Marines Prepare to Fight at Sea, on the Ground, From the Air After more than a decade of slogging counterinsurgency warfare, the Marine Corps is preparing for the conflicts of the future.
National Defense January 2007 Harold Kennedy	Rebuilding Efforts Anticipate A Lengthy Fight The Marine Corps, as it struggles to rebuild, repair or replace its combat-battered equipment, is planning for a conflict that will continue for years to come.
National Defense September 2005 Frank Colucci	Navy, Marine Helicopter Fleets Will See Steady Arrivals of New Aircraft The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps plan to equip their aircraft fleets with 1,429 new rotorcraft during the next 20 years.
National Defense September 2014 Dan Parsons	Fifth-Generation Fighters Will Determine Air Dominance in Future Conflicts The Raptor is the only combat-ready fifth-generation fighter in the world. Its thrust-vectoring engines, sensor fusion technology and stealth are what define it as a generational leap from previous fighter designs.
National Defense January 2015 Valerie Insinna	In Future Rotorcraft Acquisition, Services Working to Avoid Mistakes of Past Joint Programs The history of joint aircraft is littered with failures, and when programs do come to fruition, they oftentimes are marred by schedule delays and cost overruns. Case in point, critics say, is the uber-expensive F-35 joint strike fighter program.
National Defense June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Aviation Wish-Lists Send Mixed Signals The Navy and Air Force want more planes from Boeing and Lockheed Martin, but doing so would decrease funds from the Joint Strike Fighter program.
National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean	Marine Programs Need to Regain Credibility, Says Acquisition Chief The Marine Corps must fix its troubled procurement programs and restore its reputation on Capitol Hill if it wants to secure needed funding for new equipment, said a senior acquisition official.
Popular Mechanics May 2002 Jim Wilson	Flexible Flier The Joint Strike Fighter puts the best of every 20th century warplane into one nimble and stealthy package...
National Defense January 2012 Dan Parson	Marines' Beloved Chopper Replacement at Risk For Cpl. Lauren von Tersch and Lance Cpl. Aaron Oldham, the afternoon's training flight will be their first ride in the latest version of the Marine Corps's standby utility helicopter, the UH-1Y, or Yankee, newly landed at the Jacksonville, N.C., installation.
National Defense November 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Marines Seek to Recapture Their Lost Sea-Warfare Skills "Dawn Blitz 2011," was a simulation of what it could be like to deploy a Marine Expeditionary Brigade force of up to 17,000, entirely from ships.
National Defense September 2013 Stew Magnuson	Budget Pressures Seen as Biggest Risk to Long Range Bomber Program The Air Force is setting out to do something it hasn't done in more than two decades: acquire a heavy bomber. To do so, the service will have to avoid some of the pitfalls of the past, and keep funding flowing to the program despite budget pressures, analysts said.
National Defense January 2016 Jon Harper	Marine Corps Develops Equipment Wish List The Marine Corps is looking for new capabilities as it prepares to return to its amphibious roots and operate in more challenging environments.
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Washington Pulse Joint Warfare Has Its Drawbacks... Naval Aviators Told To Tighten Belt... Marines Shifting Non-Combat Jobs to Civilians... Military Training Programs Could See Cutbacks...
National Defense October 2013 Dan Parsons	Commitment to Swimming Vehicle Throws Off Marines' Tight Modernization Schedule As with other large vehicle procurement programs, Congress is slowly draining off funding from the Amphibious Combat Vehicle as Marine Corps officials continue to push off a decision on how it will develop it.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John Keller	Military Aircraft Funding to Peak This Year, Decline Over Next Decade U.S. military aircraft spending will peak this year at $47 billion, and decline to $41 billion in 2017, predict analysts of the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association.
National Defense August 2004 Roxana Tiron	Navy Downsizing Could Weaken Marine Corps Expeditionary Posture As the U.S. Navy's investments and planning point towards a shrinking fleet, it remains unclear how the downsizing will affect the Marine Corps and its ability to carry out expeditionary warfare missions.
National Defense December 2012 Thomas A. Benes	Navy, Marine Corps Rethink Expeditionary Warfare Expeditionary warfare is evolving to meet the demands of a future beyond the Iraq-Afghanistan conflicts. The Navy is rebalancing its forward deployment posture, and the Marine Corps is in transition from land-centric warfare.
National Defense October 2012 Dan Parsons	Frugality, Careful Timing Drive Marines' Modernization Plan For a decade, the Marine Corps has poured money into bomb-resistant trucks and other vehicles specifically designed for use in Iraq and Afghanistan while neglecting its amphibious fleet.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Aviation Force Gets Smaller, But New Aircraft Spending on Course The intent is to replace aging Navy and Marine Corps aircraft with fewer, but more technologically advanced systems.
National Defense December 2007 Breanne Wagner	Digital Designs and Virtual Tests Continue To Be Subject of Debate To speed up deliveries and cut costs, the U.S. military's newest jet fighter will undergo much of its testing in digital simulations.
National Defense May 2007 Stew Magnuson	Army, Marines Plan Improvements for Cargo Choppers Army and Marine Corps embark on programs to modernize their medium-heavy cargo helicopters. Roadside bombs and ambushes have forced the U.S. military to increasingly rely on the skies to transport supplies and troops.
National Defense April 2010 Grace V. Jean	The Osprey: She is High Maintenance, but Marines Love Her Anyway Marine Corps officials have raved about the MV-22 Osprey's recent contributions to operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Haiti. But the Osprey is as high maintenance as it gets.
National Defense April 2006 Harold Kennedy	Marines Struggle to Begin Rebuilding Force in `07 The Marine Corps is requesting a budget of $18.2 billion, but only a fraction of that will go to buy new equipment. The Corps will need nearly $10 billion in additional funds to help the service begin to recover from the Iraq war and reorganize for an extended campaign against terrorism.
National Defense March 2012 Dan Parsons	Air Force Trades Quantity For Quality The Air Force will cut airmen and ditch some underperforming and unwanted aircraft, focusing instead on purchasing fewer but more capable new models in order to bridge a years-long investment gap, officials said.
National Defense February 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Marine Unit to Deploy Under SEAL Command An elite unit of about 85 Marines is scheduled to deploy in April as part of a Navy SEAL squadron. The detachment, for all intents and purposes, formalizes the Marine Corps' relationship with the U.S. Special Operations Command.
National Defense December 2004 Harold Kennedy	Military Steps Up Training For Joint Close-Air Support The U.S. Joint Forces Command is increasing its efforts to ensure that aviators from all military services follow the same procedures when they provide joint close-air support to ground troops during combat.
National Defense July 2015 Stew Magnuson	King Stallion Heavy Lift Program On Track for 2019, Say Marines The Echo-models of the Marine Corps' primary heavy lift helicopter are aging, and routine work to keep them flying must be done as the service awaits the new CH-53K King Stallion, which is scheduled to enter the force in 2019.
Defense Update July 2008	5th Generation Fighter Dominated by the US - at Farnborough 2008 After years of progress, the F-35 Lightning II supersonic, multi-role, 5th generation stealth fighter program is accelerating the pace against other competitors
National Defense July 2015 Stew Magnuson	Future of Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Uncertain Despite V-22's Successes (UPDATED) Despite the good news stories emerging as the aircraft chalks up successes in real-world scenarios, foreign military sales for the Osprey have been lower than anticipated.
National Defense July 2008 Grace V. Jean	F-35 factory: One aircraft per day by 2016 Inside a manufacturing facility so large that workers routinely bike and ride golf carts down paths named after fighter jets, preparations are underway to begin mass production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
National Defense February 2008 Grace V. Jean	More Amphibious Ships Are Needed, Marines Contend Marine Corps leaders have stepped up pressure on the Navy to increase the size of the amphibious vessel fleet.
National Defense September 2013 Dan Parsons	Prime Contractors Chasing Big Business Retooling Old Fighters For the United States and its allies, the F-16 has proven time and again to be the perfect all-around, multi-mission fighter aircraft, and with ongoing delays in developing a revolutionary new plane, air forces are preparing to keep it flying for decades to come.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John McHale	F-35 Joint Strike Fighter leverages COTS for avionics systems Designers of the avionics systems for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft are using commercial off-the-shelf avionics wherever and whenever possible throughout the advanced fighter's cockpit
National Defense November 2014 Valerie Insinna	Updated F-35 Logistics System Coming Soon Over the next couple of months, the F-35's maintenance and logistics system will undergo a facelift with new hardware and software aimed at reducing the time needed to process data.
National Defense February 2013 Dan Parsons	Amphibious Combat Vehicle Stalled Amidst Budget, Requirements Uncertainty A premier Marine Corps' acquisition program, and one of its most historically troubled, is on indefinite hold as officials continue to parse what exactly is needed in a new amphibious combat vehicle.
National Defense August 2006 David Axe	Navy and Marine Corps Fighter Squadrons Face Shortfalls Aging airplanes, a shortage of airframes and delays in the multi-service joint strike fighter are forcing the Navy to carefully manage its fleets of F/A-18 Hornets. Meanwhile, the Marine Corps is slashing two squadrons to keep the rest fully equipped.
National Defense June 2014 Dan Parsons	Marines Prepare Modular Force for Future Rife With Conflict Despite a dozen years of combat operations coming to a close, the next decade likely will provide no rest for the war-weary Marine Corps.
National Defense February 2012 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.	Pentagon Resource Wars: Why They Can't Be Avoided If Congress reduces the services' procurement top lines as expected, they will probably circle their wagons to protect planned or traditional programs.
National Defense January 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Weighed Down by Heavy Hardware, Marine Brigades Go on a Diet The idea that marine units are becoming so weighed down by equipment they are beginning to resemble the Army has been an irritant to Marine Corps' senior leaders for several years.
National Defense April 2014 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Budget Sets Stage for Fight With Congress It initially appeared that the Defense Department's budget for fiscal year 2015 had at last offered some much needed breathing room for the military to prepare for leaner times. But it is now clear that the same challenges will continue into 2016.
Popular Mechanics June 11, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	World's Priciest Stealth Plane Takes First Run to Vertical Landing Needing a boost after a negative report leak, Lockheed Martin tested a prototype of its latest Joint Strike Fighter for the Marines today -- a supersonic F-35 that lands like a chopper and thinks like a pilot.
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson	Future Remotely Piloted Aircraft Will Do More Than Surveillance Military leaders are beginning think about concepts for the third-generation UAVs. In the future, they will want the drones to do a lot more than peer down on adversaries.
National Defense September 2011 David C. Ake	Marine Corps Considers New Cannon for Airborne Gunship Less than a year after it successfully fielded an "off-the-shelf" gunship to improve its close-air support capabilities, the Marine Corps is already considering upgrades for its newest aircraft.
National Defense January 2005 Roxana Tiron	Deployment of Sea Bases Faces Technical, Budgetary Challenges The notion that ground forces can be launched, supported and sustained solely from ships at sea is still new to the Army and the Air Force, and the Defense Department has yet to figure out how to pay for this capability.