Webinar Provided Security Cooperation Update
RADM Francis “Spanky” Morley addressed current Department of the Navy security cooperation efforts, foreign military sales, and international engagements at The Patuxent Partnership’s March 23 webinar.
P-8A Decoy Prototype Test Completed
An Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 P-8A Poseidon successfully completed an airworthiness test of a pod-mounted radio frequency countermeasure prototype at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Atlantic Test Ranges on March 12.
NAWCAD’s Science & Tech Innovators
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division recognized its 2020 leading scientific and technical innovators on April 7. Also honored were NAWCAD employees granted patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office for their inventions in 2019.
Webster Field Issues Noise Advisory
Communities surrounding the Webster Outlying Field are advised that low-altitude helicopter and general aviation aircraft flight test events are scheduled to take place 9 am to noon March 27 and 2 to 6 pm March 29, 2021.
Webinar: Future of Marine Corps, Navy VTOL
Registration is open for The Patuxent Partnership/Association of Naval Aviation-Marine Corps Aviation Association virtual program 4 to 6 pm Feb. 22, 2021. The topic will be “The Future of Marine Corps and Navy VTOL.”
NAWCAD Seeks Academia & Industry
NAWCAD’s Rapid Prototyping, Experimentation, and Demonstration (RPED) team is calling for new academia and industry participants in the next Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX)/Test-Ex (ATE) event at Pax River in May 2021.
Rice, Moore Selected Civilians of Year at Pax
Jason Rice and Russell Moore were named the Naval Air Station Patuxent River Senior and Junior Civilians of the Year, respectively.
Pax Honors 2020 Sailors of the Year
ASW1 Jonathan Smitherman, ABH2 Iris Aquino, and ABH3 David Miller have been honored by the NAS Patuxent River Sailor of the Year program.
Franchot Calls for Small Business Grants
There’s not a lot of good news on the horizon, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot told a So.MD webinar, but the state is in a position to weather the pandemic-created economic downturn, and now it’s time to move some of that state money into the hands of small business owners to assure everyone recovers. Small businesses are leading the way — including pushing forward Franchot’s introduction of legislation permitting carry-out and delivery dinners to include a margarita.
Pax River Gate 2 Closed: Oct. 6 -13, 2020
NAS Patuxent River’s Gate 2 will close to all traffic at 9 am Oct. 6, 2020, and reopen October 13, 2020, at 5 am. Drivers should use NAS Patuxent River’s Gate 1 during these dates.
