http://www.military.com/News/Home/0,13324,,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS Military Navy News Center Thursday, 26 November 2009 2:46:59 AM http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,206500,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS The Australian government has decided to buy 14 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters now and not review its larger commitment for operational squadrons for another few years. 2009-11-25 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,206472,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS The Pentagon is considering adding more flight test assets and software engineers to the $300 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program to avoid major delays to fielding the stealthy, single-engine aircraft. 2009-11-24 http://www.military.com/news/article/navy-news/black-hell-squad-commemorates-heritage.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS 2009-11-19 http://www.military.com/news/article/navy-news/uss-hue-city-conducts-boarding-exercise.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS 2009-11-19 http://www.military.com/news/article/navy-news/navy-eod-techs-ride-for-charity.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS 2009-11-19 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,206097,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS Aetna Government Health Plans of Hartford, Conn., appears to have gained an unfair advantage in competing for TRICARE?s North Region support contract, valued at $16.7 billion, by hiring a former chief of staff at TRICARE headquarters to help the company draft its winning proposal. 2009-11-19 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,205756,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS The Defense Department is kicking off a program to design, build and demonstrate prototypes of the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS) to protect U.S. Navy and Marine Corps helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft from dumb and smart weapons. 2009-11-12 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,205111,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS Raytheon has conducted the first free-flight test of a powered, extended-range version of its Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW-ER) as the U.S. Navy prepares to begin an analysis of alternatives (AOA) for anti-ship missiles to replace the Harpoon. 2009-11-03 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,204238,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS Middle-class American youth are entering the military in significant numbers today, drawn by more competitive pay, a battered civilian job market and the buzz surrounding an improved GI Bill education benefit. 2009-10-22 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,200393,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS The U.S. Marine Corps is acting as the lead service on the Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor, with three deployments to Iraq under its belt and a squadron flying from the deck of the USS Bataan amphibious assault ship. Meanwhile, the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is growing its own fleet of CV-22s, steadily building hours and mission profiles. 2009-09-16