A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet accelerates from a dead stop to flight speed in a matter of seconds, propelled by a steam catapult on the deck of an aircraft carrier. That violent burst of energy, ...

TAR naval aviators and naval flight officers with the rank of commander who have screened for aviation milestone command are eligible for the bonus.

Naval aviators believe they are the best pilots on earth — just ask them — and the primary reason they cite is hard to argue with: they land on aircraft carriers. Whether in calm seas and sunshine or ...

The Navy confirms Boeing’s MQ-25 will not fly in 2025 as expected, shifting the pivotal test to early 2026 while ground checks and certification continue. The first flight of the U.S. Navy’s Boeing MQ ...

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (DASN) for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) briefed the committee and provided a breakout of funding allocated to naval aviation ...

Artist’s concept of collaborative combat aircraft prototypes, (from left to right) General Atomics YFQ-42A and the Anduril YFQ-44A. US Air Force Image Five aviation companies are under contract to ...

Adm. Mike Mullen, the chief of naval operations, said March 8 that U.S. Navy officials will finalize an umbrella plan for naval aviation in the coming months, much like they did last year with ...

What it pays to strap into a Navy strike fighter.

The Navy is trying to preserve a sea-based Marine airpower option on ships that are becoming harder to keep at sea. The “lightning carrier” concept depends on big-deck amphibious assault ships that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Navy Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. was the first American to stay at the infamous Hoa Lo prison in North Vietnam, and when others ...