NAWCAD Lakehurst engineers conduct bead on plate trials
NAWCAD Lakehurst engineers conduct bead on plate trials on the Optomec CS-800 DED System at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The newly acquired system is part of the 2019 expansion of Additive Manu... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft assigned to the Strike Aircraft Test Directo...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Vernon Pugh Release Status:... More
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on 1 November 2018 marking the beginning of the second phase of Development Testing (DT-... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Naval Test Pilot School’s Newest Flying Classroom Takes First Flight
The U.S. Naval Test Pilot School conducts a preflight check ahead of its first flight testing the airframe, avionics and mission system to verify the aircraft and its subsystems are safe for flight operations a... More
Navy developing UAS for ship cargo resupply
An autonomous vehicle dubbed Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS flies over Unmanned Air Test and Evaluation (UX) 24 during a demonstration flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River November 4, 2020. The commerc... More
The Reusable Energy Attenuating Lab (REAL) Seat can
The Reusable Energy Attenuating Lab (REAL) Seat can be used to simulate various crashworthy seating systems in sled testing. It allows testers to conduct a series of fully-instrumented simulated crashes on Nava... More
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on 1 November 2018 marking the beginning of the second phase of Development Testing (DT-... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Marines celebrate 243 years while aboard HMS Queen
Marines celebrate 243 years while aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
ASN(RD&A) Geurts visits AAG, EMALS land-based test sites
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN(RD&A)) James Geurts visited Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst Aug. 26 to see the land-based test sites ... More
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on 1 November 2018 marking the beginning of the second phase of Development Testing (DT-... More
Capt. William E. Coleman, Jr. speaks during the Airborne
Capt. William E. Coleman, Jr. speaks during the Airborne Strategic Command, Control, and Communications Program Office (PMA-271) change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Jan. 8, 2021... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
An SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraf...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Mccabe Release Status: Released to Publi... More
150420-N-YL257-101 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 20, 2015)
150420-N-YL257-101 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 20, 2015) An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the "Salty Dogs" of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier US... More
NAWCAD Lakehurst improves production time, safety with robotic welder
NAWCAD Lakehurst welding artisans use the robotic welder to overhaul an Improved Low Loss Launch Valve body in order to bring it back up to the quality required to return it to the Navy’s supply system.
NAWCAD LKE tests improved grease for Steam Catapults
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst test team completed more than 800 no-loads and over 500 dry cycles of the C-13 Mod 2 Steam Catapult Improved Low Loss Launch Valve (ILLLV) using... More
Navy engineers developing augmented reality headsets to revolutionize ...
Engineers from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, New Jersey demonstrate the Augmented Reality Remote Maintenance Support Service (ARRMSS), a portable augmented reality headset and app... More
The Reusable Energy Attenuating Lab (REAL) Seat can
The Reusable Energy Attenuating Lab (REAL) Seat can be used to simulate various crashworthy seating systems in sled testing. It allows testers to conduct a series of fully-instrumented simulated crashes on Nava... More
U.S. Naval Test Pilot School rotary instructor, Barb
U.S. Naval Test Pilot School rotary instructor, Barb Gordon, the Navy's first to receive the Army's Broken Wing Award, prepares for a performance flight demonstration in the same UH-60L Blackhawk she successful... More
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Commander,
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Commander, Rear Adm. Shane Gahagan, and Executive Director, Leslie Taylor, tour the command's new Innovation Hub during the open house event Aug. 7-9.
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on 1 November 2018 marking the beginning of the second phase of Development Testing (DT-... More
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on 1 November 2018 marking the beginning of the second phase of Development Testing (DT-... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on 1 November 2018 marking the beginning of the second phase of Development Testing (DT-... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
NAVAIR Commander, Vice Adm. G. Dean Peters (left),
NAVAIR Commander, Vice Adm. G. Dean Peters (left), Rear Adm. Shane G. Gahagan (middle) and Rear Adm. John S. Lemmon (right) salute during the change of command ceremony where Lemmon assumed leadership of Naval ... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Retired Rear Adm. Mark W. Darrah presides over the
Retired Rear Adm. Mark W. Darrah presides over the change of command ceremony during which Col. Richard E. Marigliano assumed leadership of Naval Test Wing Atlantic from Capt. Thomas R. Tennant, who retired aft... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on 1 November 2018 marking the beginning of the second phase of Development Testing (DT-... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Three U.S. Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two
Three U.S. Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) EA-18G Growler's fly in formation over the Atlantic Ocean on 15 August 2018. The pilots of the EA-18G's are as follows, SD523 - LT James Licata... More
NAWCAD Lakehurst manufacturing face shields
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst uses a water jet to produce face shield visors to support the fight against COVID-19.
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD)
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst personnel are safely working on base in order to bring critical capabilities and assets to the fleet. NAWCAD Lakehurst’s Randy Halfenger and Dave Ho... More
An F/A-18F Super Hornet flown by Air Test and Evaluation
An F/A-18F Super Hornet flown by Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) prepares for weapons separation testing over the Atlantic May 2016. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's VX-23 is part... More
An engineer tours the Innovation Hub at Naval Air Warfare
An engineer tours the Innovation Hub at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division during the open house event Aug. 7-9.
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Cdr. Matthew Densing, commanding officer of Air Test
Cdr. Matthew Densing, commanding officer of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (UX) 24 (left), and Capt. Thomas Tennant, commander of Naval Test Wing Atlantic (right), shake hands after Densing took lead of the N... More
Capt. Adam T. Scott looks on as he waits to assume
Capt. Adam T. Scott looks on as he waits to assume command of the Airborne Strategic Command, Control, and Communications Program Office (PMA-271) during the change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Patu... More
Attendees of the Airborne Strategic Command, Control,
Attendees of the Airborne Strategic Command, Control, and Communications Program Office (PMA-271) change of command stand for the national anthem, Jan. 8, 2021 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Capt. Ada... More
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on 1 November 2018 marking the beginning of the second phase of Development Testing (DT-... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft, assigned to the Naval Air Warfare Center A...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Chesapeake Bay State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Vernon Pugh Release Status: Released to Publi... More
Support Equipment Engineering Lab Ribbon Cutting
Rear Adm. Shane Gahagan, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) commander, and assistant commander for Research and Engineering Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), and Kathleen P. Donnelly, directo... More
Test Pilot Under Instruction Lt. Spencer Smith and U.S. Naval Test Pil...
NASA research pilot and U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) instructor Cmdr. Adam Klein, right, prepares for a T-38C training flight with USNTPS student Lt. Spencer Smith. Klein and fellow instructor Dick Cla... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Cdr. Matthew Densing (left) is pinned by his wife (right)
Cdr. Matthew Densing (left) is pinned by his wife (right) after assuming command of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (UX) 24, the Navy’s first test squadron for unmanned aviation systems Oct. 18 in St. Inigoes, Md.
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on 1 November 2018 marking the beginning of the second phase of Development Testing (DT-... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
An SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to the Naval Air Warfare Center ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lakehurst State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kurt Long Release Status: Released to Public Com... More
An SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraf...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Mccabe Release Status: Released to Publi... More
U.S. Naval Test Pilot School rotary instructor, Barb
U.S. Naval Test Pilot School rotary instructor, Barb Gordon, prepares to land the same UH-60L Blackhawk she flew during the single-engine test technique during which she and her Army test pilot under instructio... More
Commanding Officer of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron
Commanding Officer of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (UX) 24, Cdr. Matthew Densing, gives remarks after assuming command of the Navy’s first test squadron dedicated to unmanned aviation systems Oct. 18 at Nav... More
“Old Girl” takes a victory lap as VX-20 sunsets the C-2A Greyhound
Dave Seeman, center, a retired Grumman test pilot who was one of the first to fly the C-2A Greyhound when it debuted in 1964, shares an anecdote with VX-20 test pilots LCDR Eric “Turbo” Thurber, left, and LT Pa... More
Long-time C-2A aircrew Jim Fortini, left, and Al Griffin
Long-time C-2A aircrew Jim Fortini, left, and Al Griffin wave from the back of C-2A Greyhound BuNo 162142 on its last flight, which took place last month. The aircraft, which has been flying with VX-20 for near... More
VX-20’s C-2A Greyhound, BuNo 162142, is shown on its
VX-20’s C-2A Greyhound, BuNo 162142, is shown on its last flight, which took place last month. “It’s one of those airplanes that you can just count on,” said CDR Matthew “Cupcake” Tharp, VX-20’s commanding offi... More
The NAWCAD Lakehurst advanced manufacturing / prototype
The NAWCAD Lakehurst advanced manufacturing / prototype engineering team worked with the Naval Air Systems Command additive manufacturing team to ensure that all face shields are high quality and meet requirements.
Capt. William E. Coleman, Jr. speaks during the Airborne
Capt. William E. Coleman, Jr. speaks during the Airborne Strategic Command, Control, and Communications Program Office (PMA-271) change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Jan. 8, 2021... More
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 1
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week
Pax ITF returns to HMS Queen Elizabeth for DT-2, week 2