Navy Under Secretary Erik Raven will step down from his position next month, the Navy said.
Raven took on the job in April 2022 and has served as the Department of the Navy’s chief operating officer and chief management officer, according to his official biography.
He oversaw a variety of programs and was responsible for the department’s business operations, risk management and performance…
Senate lawmakers want the Defense Innovation Unit to expand its presence across the U.S. and are calling on the Pentagon’s commercial technology hub to develop a plan to partner with universities and tech companies around the country.
The Senate Armed Services…
The Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East is testing how a laser projection system can help the Marine Corps with painting their aircraft, part of an attempt to cut the time an aircraft spends in maintenance.
Aircraft are traditionally painted using a masking technique…
The Pentagon on Friday “indefinitely” called off a U.S. Army exercise in the country of Georgia, which neighbors Russia, as U.S. officials review future cooperation with the country.
The training event, dubbed Noble Exercise 2024, was scheduled to run from July 25 to Aug. 6, and normally takes place at Vaziani and Camp Norio Training Areas outside the capital city of Tbilisi. The Pentagon said…
With three full months left in the fiscal year for military recruiting, the services already are developing a sense of whether they’ll make their target recruiting mission or end up short.
The Marine Corps has brought in more than 101% of its recruiting target for the year…
The criminal investigative arms of the Pentagon and the U.S. Army descended on Florida last week to execute search warrants, officials confirmed to Army Times.
The raid took place June 25 and involved multiple facilities of the Orlando-based Cole Engineering Services, that…
Under pressure on plane safety, Boeing is buying stressed supplier Spirit for $4.7 billion
July 2, 2024
ARLINGTON, Va. — Boeing announced plans to acquire key supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion, a move that it says will improve plane quality and safety amid increasing scrutiny by Congress, airlines and the U.S. Justice Department.
Boeing previously owned Spirit, and the purchase would reverse a longtime Boeing strategy of outsourcing key work on its passenger planes. That approach has…
A Hawaii-based aviation unit recently conducted the first all-Marine satellite communications launch and recovery as the force aims to grow its drone force and capabilities for future operations.
The Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3 “Phantoms,” hit the…
The Air Force is mulling a bureaucratic shuffle that would refocus the service on four key areas it believes can improve how it organizes, trains and equips airmen for war.
Those core missions — combat readiness, careerlong training, acquisition and future force planning…
U.S. dronemaker Skydio said it has started hiring employees in Ukraine, a first step in an effort to expand its business there.
CEO Adam Bry described the work in an interview with Defense News Wednesday, hours before he testified before Congress.
“I’ve never met drone users as sophisticated as the folks in Ukraine,” Bry said. “We want a team there.”
For now, the hires are in the single…
