Marine Corps Lays Out Plan for Harrier Crews as Stalwart Aircraft Flies into Sunset The Harrier -- once the bleeding edge of Marine Corps aviation with its vertical takeoff and landing capability -- is set to...
Sikorsky-Boeing's Futuristic Defiant Rotorcraft Completes First Flight After just over a year of delays, the Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant helicopter has completed its first test flight.
Bell's V-280 Tiltrotor Will Get Lockheed's New Long-Range Sensors The Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor system is built to "provide 360-degree awareness around your aircraft via sensors."
Army Chief: Next-Gen Helo Will Fly Faster, Further Than Predecessors The Army launched its Future Vertical Lift program to replace fleets of UH-60 Black Hawk, CH-47 Chinook and AH-64 Apaches.
Marine Harrier 'Departed Controlled Flight' Before 2016 Water Crash A command investigation into the Sept. 22, 2016, crash of a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier off Okinawa found that the pilot...
Surge of Female Enlistments Helped Drive Army Success in Reaching 2024 Recruiting Goal Nearly 10,000 women signed up for active duty in 2024, an 18% jump from the previous year, while male recruitment increased...
The Army's Fitness Standards May Shift in 2025. But How Much Tougher Will They Be? The Army is poised to recalibrate its fitness standards, redefining the physical expectations for combat-arms roles in 2025...
Military Academies Quashed Army-Navy Game Advertisement Featuring Marine Recommended for Medal of Honor The ad, which lauded the life and bravery of retired Marine Maj. James Capers Jr., was sponsored by a group that has backed...
Early Momentum: Army Hits 30,000 Recruits, Half its Goal for the Year The service has 30,000 new enlistments this year -- an increase of 6,000 compared to the same period last year, the data...
2 Military Planes Are Fighting LA's Fires, But Navy Helicopters and Marines Are Still Awaiting Orders The Pentagon said Friday that two military C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a firefighting system are now flying over...
