http://www.military.com/News/Home/0,13324,,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS Military Navy News Center Saturday, 21 November 2009 2:14:33 PM 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 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,200136,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS With the consequences of the "Last Supper" still reverberating through industry, the U.S. Defense Department's new procurement czar says improving the relationship with aerospace contractors and shoring up program management are among his top priorities. 2009-09-04 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,199718,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS The Turkish navy has in a relatively short period of time gone from being a collection of hand-me-down ships to a service that is able to make its presence felt in regional waters with advanced vessels from foreign suppliers and, increasingly, local shipyards. 2009-09-01