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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 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 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 February 2014 Magnuson & Parsons |
V-22 Osprey, Amphibs Prove Value During Typhoon Haiyan Operations When Typhoon Haiyan smashed through the Philippines, the U.S. military was already mobilizing disaster relief resources. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics June 24, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
V-22 Osprey Debut Report Card: Analysis The tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey got a chance at redemption last year when a dozen deployed to Iraq with the Marines. |
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Marine Harriers, Hornets Headed To Iraq This Fall The Marine Corps will be deploying fighter jets to Iraq, not necessarily to drop bombs, but to take over reconnaissance and surveillance missions previously performed by helicopters. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics February 8, 2010 Ben Chertoff |
The MV-22 Osprey Finds Purpose In Disaster Relief Can the much-maligned tilt-rotor aircraft earn respect on the job? |
National Defense August 2005 Harold Kennedy |
22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Prepares to Deploy An estimated 600 combat-armed Leathernecks and sailors from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit are scheduled early this month to prowl through the streets and waterways of Savannah, Ga., as part of an intense training regimen that almost certainly will lead to deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. |
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. |
National Defense May 2012 Dan Parsons |
Special Operations Boost Demand for Helicopters Special operations forces have a dedicated fleet of tricked-out helicopters at their disposal, but as their workload grows, they are increasingly reliant on conventional aircraft to get their jobs done. |
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 July 2008 Breanne Wagner |
Marine Corps Lab Eyes Unmanned Aircraft for Battlefield Re-Supply Scientists are pondering new ways to employ robotics technology to extend the reach of supply delivery networks. |
National Defense April 2009 Matthew Rusling |
Army Helicopters Brace For Afghanistan Buildup The upcoming buildup of U.S. forces in Afghanistan will put additional pressure on the Army's already overstretched helicopter fleet, officials said. |
National Defense July 2013 Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy to Consider New Ways to Shuttle Passengers, Supplies to Aircraft Carriers The Navy will decide over the next two years how it will modernize its fleet of 35 cargo planes that move passengers and supplies from bases on land to big-deck aircraft carriers at sea. |
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 April 2009 Matthew Rusling |
With No Replacement in Sight, Army's Oldest Helos Keep Going The Army's oldest and busiest scout helicopters were supposed to be retired by now. Instead, maintenance crews scramble to keep them operating around the clock -- in two theaters of war. |
National Defense August 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Low Inventory, Low Readiness Plague Amphibious Ship Fleet Amphibious ships are among the most highly demanded vessels in the Navy's fleet, according to Expeditionary Force 21, the Marine Corps plan for its future force. |
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 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 September 2015 Stew Magnuson |
F-35B Declared Combat Ready, but More Development Remains The last day of July was momentous for the Marine Corps as it declared that a squadron of F-35B joint strike fighters was ready for combat. |
National Defense June 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Vendors Faceoff Over Navy Cargo Aircraft The Navy isn't likely to kick off a competition until 2014, but two rival manufacturers are eager to prove that their aircraft is the best option for flying supplies to carrier strike groups. |
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 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. |
Aviation History January 2007 Otto Kreisher |
The Rise of the Helicopter During the Korean War Used primarily for search and rescue in the Korean War's early days, choppers had become an essential battlefield tool by the conflict's end. |
National Defense April 2005 Harold Kennedy |
V-22 Aims Toward Full-Rate Production The troubled V-22 tiltrotor Osprey aircraft continues to encounter problems even as it lurches toward full-rate production, possibly as early as November of this year. |
National Defense September 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Air Force Special Operators Welcome New Cargo Planes Air Force special operators have been flying C-130 aircraft for more than 40 years. Now, finally, the fleet is being upgraded to the digital J-model. |
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons |
Military Helicopter Fleets Showing Their Age Many models are expected to reach the end of their operational lives in the 2030 to 2040 timeframe. |
Wired July 2005 Ron Berler |
Saving the Pentagon's Killer Chopper-Plane 22 years. $16 billion. 30 deaths. The V-22 Osprey has been an R&D nightmare. But now the dream of a tilt-rotor troop transport could finally come true. |
National Defense November 2015 Stew Magnuson |
Marine Corps R&D Focuses on Urban Scenarios That the Marine Corps would like to return to its expeditionary, sea-based roots after serving the past decade in Iraq and Afghanistan is well known. |
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 March 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Army Takes Wait-and-See Approach for Unmanned Cargo Resupply Aircraft As the Marine Corps moves ahead with field tests of unmanned helicopters that can resupply remote bases in Afghanistan, the Army is taking a cautious approach to the concept. |
National Defense April 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Marine Corps Not Yet Ready To Shake Its Persecution Complex Defense Secretary Robert Gates made it official: The Marine Corps is not going to turn into a "second Army," nor will it have to give up its distinctive role as the nation's 911 force. Regrowing its amphibious roots after a decade of landlocked war has become a cri de coeur for the Corps. |
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 February 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Wars Taking Air Commandos Into Uncharted Territory Air Force commandos are adapting to the emerging difficulties of fighting counterinsurgency wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the U.S. global war on terrorism, said Lt. Gen. Michael W. Wooley. |
National Defense September 2004 Frank Colucci |
Army Depends Heavily on National Guard Aviators If predictions that Army National Guard aviation units are not likely to see mass resignations prove to be accurate, it would be good news for the Army, which is struggling to meet growing demands for rotary pilots in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Entrepreneur August 2008 Robert Kiyosaki |
Even Steven A balance between supply and demand is essential to your company's well-being. |
National Defense January 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Marine Reservists Ready, But Equipment Beaten Up Marine reservists now preparing for combat in Iraq are "well-trained and well-equipped," but their older ground vehicles and aircraft have been taking a beating. |
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Marine Corps Prepares For Budget Cuts and Uncertain Future Marine officials say that the force in the coming decades will be just as busy, but it will have to do the job with fewer resources. |
National Defense April 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Future Vertical Lift Takes Step Forward Army officials have been talking for almost a decade about new vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to replace its aging fleets of helicopters. |
Popular Mechanics January 23, 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Turns to Engineers for Troop Transport Fix in Iraq: Analysis (With 6 Next-Gen Chopper Designs!) The Army and Air Force will seek Pentagon approval for the development of new aircraft that can carry big loads and land on poorly built, short runways -- or no runways at all. |
National Defense September 2007 Erwin & Pearce |
While Mired in Iraq, Marines Still See Their Future at Sea The Marine Corps for the past four years has committed its people and assets to the war in Iraq. But as the possibility of a force drawdown looms on the horizon, Marine strategists are grappling with fundamental questions about the future. |
National Defense August 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Whose chopper has the right stuff for the Air Force? Three industry teams are competing to produce the Air Force's next-generation combat search and rescue helicopter, dubbed the CSAR-X. |
National Defense September 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Army Special Operations Command Wants Speedier Helicopters One of the biggest drawbacks of helicopters is that they are slow, which makes them vulnerable to enemy fire. |
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 March 2010 Austin Wright |
Army Weighs Future of Unmanned Helicopters The Army's recent cancellation of the Fire Scout remotely piloted helicopter has left some wondering whether there is a future for unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft in the service. |
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 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 May 2011 Eric Beidel |
Manufacturers: Technology Will Make Rotorcraft Faster, Safer The Pentagon's investment in rotorcraft science and technology has decreased dramatically over the past 25 years, but companies have been tinkering around in their own shops trying to fill innovation gaps. |