Wins beneath their wings: Green Hornet team continues ascent with SECNAV environmental award
Building on its previous 2011 award from the chief of naval operations, the secretary of the Navy recently honored NAVAIR’s Green Hornet team for balancing…
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Fire Scout team takes steps to arm unmanned helicopter
A team at nearby Webster Field Annex is working briskly to support an urgent Navy request to weaponize the MQ-8B Fire Scout, marking the first…
Photo release: Retired ‘Phrogs’ leap back into service
Revitalized with the distinctive brand of the Department of State, a recently retired U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight “Phrog” has gained a new mission…
Sea Knight gets new life
Heard the adage the last CH-46 Phrog pilot hasn’t been born yet? Well, he or she may have been born, but they’re probably still in…
P-3 simulator connects virtually with SH-60 trainer
For the first time, a P-3 Orion simulator connected virtually to an SH-60B Seahawk trainer during a “peer to peer connectivity†trial July 1 at…
First Navy trainer flies on biofuel
The Navy’s alternative energy program expanded yesterday when a T-45 training aircraft completed a successful biofuel flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The…
F-35C completes jet blast deflector testing
The F-35C is another step closer to initial ship trials on an aircraft carrier at sea. The F-35 integrated test force completed jet blast deflector…
JSOW C-1 variant successfully tested
A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet completed the first captive carriage test of the AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 variant at the Naval Air…
Third F-35B aircraft completes STOVL mode flight
Over an Atlantic test range near Naval Air Station Patuxent River, U.S. Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Fred “Tinman” Schenk completes the first flight…
Photo Release: First Vertical Landing For BF-2
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Fred Schenk pilots F-35B test aircraft BF-2 for its first vertical landing in short takeoff/vertical landing…
Fire Scout completes 1st deployment
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md.– The Navy’s only rotary wing unmanned aircraft, MQ-8B Fire Scout, returned from a six-month deployment aboard USS McInerney…
NAVAIR delivers new F-16 simulator
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – NAVAIR’s Naval Aviation Training Systems program office (PMA-205) delivered a newly updated F-16A/B Fighting Falcon simulator to…
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