A little over a year ago, I wrote about how both organizations need to be looking at an amphibious aircraft for longer range search and rescue (SAR) than the current MH-60 Seahawk fleet can do, as well as rapid medevac'ing injured personnel to treatment facilities. …

A couple months ago I wrote about the decline in US Navy carrier-based aerial anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities since the end of the Cold War, how the rise of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA-N) submarine force has once again created a need for the capability, and how the MQ-25…

To be blunt about it, the United States and China are in a new Cold War. While the outcome all should hope for is a repeat of the previous Cold War, the United States unfortunately has to prepare for the worst. One area in particular where the U.S. Navy is…

While the US Marine Corps and US Air Force have long been users of their respective V-22 variants, the US Navy just recently conducted the maiden flight of its very first CMV-22B. The CMV-22 will be replacing the C-2 Greyhound in the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) role, starting sometime in…

To make a long story short; maybe right now, and absolutely in the near future. Amphibious aircraft could play an often forgotten, but still critical role, in aiding the US’ swing to the Pacific in an attempt to counter China. Lets look at current events first. The US is currently…

It seems every few years, we’re hit with a slew of reports that the USAF wants to retire the A-10C, followed near immediately by a slew of reports from Congress pushing back against the idea. It’s not a new occurrence. …

There’s no easy way to put it, the US Navy is in a serious budget issue. The Ford class carriers are coming in over budget at an eye-watering $12B each. The F-35C Joint Strike Fighters are still around $95M a piece. The Columbia class are hoping for a price tag…

To explain the US Navy’s problems with the Littoral Combat Ship, we have to go back to the beginning of the program. The LCS program began in the early 2000s, as an idea for a small and cheap surface warfare ship to tackle lower end taskings, freeing up the US…