July 7, 2026

X-47B Demo Barged from Pax to First Carrier Test Ops

Navy will use USS Harry S. Truman as the first aircraft carrier to conduct X-47B tests for carrier deck handling of an unmanned aircraft.

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Pax River Begins Winter Night Testing This Week

F-35C JSF night takeoff

Evening operations are scheduled to take place with increasing regularity throughout the fall and winter months.

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FACE Team Shines at NAWCAD Commander’s Awards

Rear Adm. Randy Mahr Commander's Awards

Commander’s Awards ceremony marks the end of Rear. Adm. Randy Mahr’s command.

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Rider Takes Command of VX-20

Cmdr. Jason Rider

Cmdr. Jason Rider will direct testing of 22 different Navy aircraft at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

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New JSF Program Chief Visits Pax River

Vice Adm Venlet at F35 Pax River

Vice Adm. David Venlet took his successor, Maj. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, on a tour of F-35 facilities.

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Panel to Discuss Unmanned Aircraft in Domestic Airspace

X-47B UCAS-D

The Patuxent Partnership invites the public to a panel discussion on the Integration of Unmanned Aviation into National Airspace.

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Pax River Sailors Remember the USS Tulip

USS Tulip Ceremony 2012

Sailors from Naval Air Station Patuxent River commemorate the 148th anniversary of the USS Tulip explosion in St. Inigoes, Maryland.

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TSA, Inc. Debuts New Video Honoring Veterans

TSA employees represent a cross section of the armed services from all recent conflicts.

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Finding Submarines Using Very Cold Atoms

Dr. Frank Narducci

The Pax Partnership’s $1 million investment in St. Mary’s College’s physics program aids the next generation of sub hunting.

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Pax Museum Building to Rise in February

new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum concept

Frame construction could cause a partial closure of Route 235.

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