Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, Author at Task & Purpose

By Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Sep 2, 2020

News

FBI investigating possible jet pack flyby at Los Angeles airport

The incident "got us all wondering whether there's been someone working in skunkworks on this."

By Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Jan 13, 2020

News

‘It’s necessary, but it’s pretty miserable’ – How the Navy spends $3 billion a year busting rust

“Busting rust is nobody's favorite thing to do."

By Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Apr 22, 2019

Military Tech

The Navy is finally getting serious about robot submarines

The U.S. naval fleet of the future may one day include submarines without a sailor from bow to stern that...

By Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Jan 28, 2019

Military Tech

The Navy’s Newest Destroyer Is As Much An Experiment As It Is A Ship-Killer

The Michael Monsoor guided-missile destroyer is one of the U.S. Navy's most technologically advanced ships, but developing that cutting-edge technology...

By Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Jul 17, 2018

Military Tech

What We Know About The Air Force’s New Military Space Plane

A decade after the U.S. Air Force commissioned the next generation of GPS satellites, the first of these spacecraft is...

By Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Mar 1, 2018

News

Navy Pilots Suffer Frostbite And Blindness During Bizarre Mid-Flight Incident

In the latest frightening example of cockpit problems in high-performance military aircraft, the Navy is investigating a recent incident in...

By Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Feb 21, 2018

Gear

Get Ready For The Era Of Hypersonic Flight — At Five Times The Speed Of Sound

The sleek aircraft, really more rocket than plane, dropped from the wing of a B-52 before shooting through the sky...

By Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Aug 22, 2016

Gear

The Military Is Working To Develop Underwater Drones

This fall, an unusual vessel will begin sea trials off the coast of California. The 51-foot-long Boeing Echo Voyager will...

Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times

News

Featured by Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times

FBI investigating possible jet pack flyby at Los Angeles airport

‘It’s necessary, but it’s pretty miserable’ – How the Navy spends $3 billion a year busting rust

The Navy is finally getting serious about robot submarines

The Navy’s Newest Destroyer Is As Much An Experiment As It Is A Ship-Killer

What We Know About The Air Force’s New Military Space Plane

Navy Pilots Suffer Frostbite And Blindness During Bizarre Mid-Flight Incident

Get Ready For The Era Of Hypersonic Flight — At Five Times The Speed Of Sound

The Military Is Working To Develop Underwater Drones