July 3, 2026

Law Could Alert Navy on New Wind Turbines

wind turbine farm

Law change re-regulates the construction of land-based windmills, giving Pax River testers a chance to review them.

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Wathen Named Outstanding NAWCAD Intern

University of Maryland student received the UMD Outstanding Co-op/Intern Award for his work at Webster Field.

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AIR 4.6 Opens House, Ready to Make Deals

AIR 4.6 simulator

AIR 4.6 is not the first place you would expect to see an open house event, and it’s certainly not a place you expect to hear a sales pitch.

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TSA Joins Effort to Hire Veterans into NAVAIR Jobs

handshake

The Patuxent River Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Council will meet next month.

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Patuxent Partnership Announces Annual Dinner

Vice Admiral William R. Burke

The keynote speaker will be Vice Admiral William R. Burke, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Warfare Systems.

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Pax River Graduates 21 Systems Engineers

2012 systems grads

Twenty-one civilian employees at Naval Air Station Patuxent River received master’s degrees in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.

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Scholars, Contractors Debate Drone Ethics

Pax Defense Forum - Tim Heely

Both academics and military thinkers agree we’re a long way from autonomous drones, but agree the ethical debate should start now.

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F-35 Machinists Strike to Protest Lockheed Contract

Lockheed strikers

International Association of Machinists says new contract cuts health care and pensions and allows outsourcing.

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Patuxent Partnership Announces Rapid Prototyping Panel

Panel discussion to be held at the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum in partnership with the Association of Naval Aviation’s Squadron #18.

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F-35B Stealth Fighter Drops a Bomb

F-35B JSF weapon drop

Pax River test crew verifies that the Marine’s STOVL variant of the Joint Strike Fighter can release a bomb from its internal bay.

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