Col. Matthew Kelly, formerly MV-22 military lead for the V-22 Osprey program, has assumed leadership of the V-22 Joint Program Office within the Naval Air Systems Command and succeeded former program manager Col. Dan Robinson. NAVAIR said Thursday Kelly will lead PMA-275’s work to oversee the full lifecycle of the tiltrotor aircraft …
Read More »Marine Corps Starts Three-Year Reset on 147 Super Stallion Helicopters; Hank Vanderborght Comments
The U.S. Marine Corps has kicked off a three-year refresh effort on 147 Sikorsky-built CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopters. The move to reset CH-53E is in response to an independent readiness review ordered by Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, the USMC’s deputy commandant for aviation, following the January 2014 crash of …
Read More »DARPA, Marines Demo Close Air Support Tech; Lt. Gen. Jon Davis Comments
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Marine Corps have partnered to demonstrate a technology designed to coordinate aircraft with ground troops when they come under fire during a tactical operation. DARPA said Monday it tested a full Persistent Close Air Support system for the first time with an MV-22 …
Read More »Jon Davis: Pentagon Must Change IT Network Mgmt Approach
Jon Davis, former deputy commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, said Wednesday that military cyber networks must be considered as important as weapon systems, Defense Systems reported Thursday. Joey Cheng writes that Davis told the audience at the annual Navy IT Day event Wednesday that existing information technology systems across …
Read More »Jon Davis Nominated As Marine Corps Aviation Deputy Commandant
Jon Davis, currently deputy commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as deputy commandant for aviation at the U.S. Marine Corps, the Defense Department announced Monday. Davis, a Marine Corps lieutenant general, has served as USCYBERCOM deputy head since June 2012. The …
Read More »Profile: Lt. Gen. John Davis, Cybercom Deputy Commander
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Jon Davis serves as deputy commander of Fort Meade, Md.-based U.S. Cyber Command, having been appointed to this position as of June 2012. Davis previously served at Fort Meade from 2006 to 2008 as deputy commander of the joint functional component command for network warfare. Prior …
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