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1 week ago | 
realcleardefense.com | Jan Tegler
Navy Reveals Proprotor Gearbox Fix Coming for Osprey Fleet Jan Tegler National Defense Magazine April 12, 2025 fix for the V-22 Osprey’s proprotor gearbox — the culprit behind a years-long series of fatal accidents and periodic groundings — will be in place by December, a senior Navy aviation leader told National Defense. Read Full Article »
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2 weeks ago | 
nationaldefensemagazine.org | Jan Tegler
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — A fix for the V-22 Osprey’s proprotor gearbox — the culprit behind a years-long series of fatal accidents and periodic groundings — will be in place by December, a senior Navy aviation leader told National Defense. “We’re going to get the proprotor gearbox 121 version that’s going to have no limitations at all,” Rear Adm. Douglas Verissimo, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, said in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the Sea-Air-Space conference this week.
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1 month ago | 
realcleardefense.com | Jan Tegler
Air Force Begins to Embrace Maritime Strike Role Jan Tegler National Defense Magazine March 10, 2025
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1 month ago | 
nationaldefensemagazine.org | Jan Tegler
Defense analysts assert that the Air Force is embracing maritime strike in a way it hasn’t for decades. Over the last year, the service has announced multiple efforts aimed at bolstering its capability to combat Chinese naval forces. They include an additional buy of Lockheed Martin’s sophisticated Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, integration of the weapon with new and existing fighter fleets and fast-track development of less costly, more rapidly producible maritime strike munitions.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
nationaldefensemagazine.org | Jan Tegler
The Army’s effort to comply with the Biden administration’s 2021 executive order to transition to 100 percent acquisition of zero-emission vehicles for the federal vehicle fleet by 2035 will likely be shut down swiftly by the Trump administration, according to some defense analysts. “The executive order was a purely political directive by the Biden administration,” said John Ferrari, nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
realcleardefense.com | Jan Tegler
Jan Tegler National Defense Magazine January 9, 2025 The Navy is depending on a private company to perform the vital task it once did itself of carrying out airborne supply missions to its ships at sea. Read Full Article » Show comments Hide Comments Related Articles
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
nationaldefensemagazine.org | Jan Tegler
Navy Depends on Contractor for Heavy Lift Vertical Deliveries ACHI helicopters deliver goods to the Navy. The Navy is depending on a private company to perform the vital task it once did itself of carrying out airborne supply missions to its ships at sea. The Navy in July announced the award of a $77.3 million contract to Air Center Helicopters Inc. to provide heavy lift vertical replenishment services aboard Military Sealift Command T-AKE-class dry cargo/ammunition ships.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
realcleardefense.com | Jan Tegler
Questions Surround Air Force’s New Glider-Based Drone Jan Tegler National Defense Magazine July 15, 2024 In early May, U.S. Air Forces Central released a series of photographs of a glider-like drone preparing for an early-morning mission at an “undisclosed location. Read Full Article »
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
flightglobal.com | Jan Tegler
The US Air Force (USAF) is attempting to retire its entire fleet of Beechcraft T-1A Jayhawks, including 101 T-1As used by Air Education and Training Command (AETC), by 2026 to save money as part of the command’s undergraduate flight training transformation.
The effort, not previously disclosed, will also allow the service to further invest in acquiring Boeing’s delayed T-7A Red Hawk trainer, which may not reach initial operational capability until the early 2030s.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
nationaldefensemagazine.org | Jan Tegler
In early May, U.S. Air Forces Central released a series of photographs of a glider-like drone preparing for an early-morning mission at an “undisclosed location. Photo captions identified the aircraft as the Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft, or ULTRA. At least one ULTRA drone has been flying with 380th Air Expeditionary Wing as a low-cost, longer-endurance alternative to the MQ-9 Reapers, which the wing also operates.
