Deep Intel on the Fatal CV-22 Crash off of Japan

08/11/2024
On November 29, 2023 an Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 impacted the water one-half mile off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan killing all eight of the Air Force personnel aboard. The crash caused the Naval Air Systems Command better known as NAVAIR, that has ultimate authority over the…

Change of Command, MAWTS-1, May 3, 2024

05/15/2024
U.S. Marines participate in the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One Change of Command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, May 3, 2024. The MAWTS-1 Change of Command Ceremony marked the official passing of authority from the outgoing commanding officer, Col. Eric D. Purcell to the incoming…

Australia Works Maritime Autonomous Systems

02/20/2024
Recently, the Hudson Institute hosted a session looking at how the Australian Navy is approaching the opportunity to incorporate maritime autonomous systems in the fleet. In an article by John Grady published by USNI News on February 1, 2024, the session was highlighted. Numerous forward deployed, unmanned, underwater systems “might…

End of Course Video: WTI-1-24

11/21/2023
U.S. Marines along with coalition service members, foreign and domestic, all assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One participated in Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 10, through Oct. 29, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected…

Digital Talon

11/06/2023
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) is advancing lethality and the combat capabilities of unmanned surface vehicles during Exercise Digital Talon in the international waters surrounding the Arabian Peninsula, Oct. 23. During the exercise, NAVCENT’s Task Force 59, the Navy’s first Unmanned and Artificial Intelligence Task Force, demonstrated the ability…

CH-53K King Stallions at WTI-1-24

10/21/2023
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 perform preflight checks as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 12, 2023. The WTI course is an advanced, graduate-level, seven-week course hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron (MAWTS)…