June 9 Panel: The Webster Field Advantage
Explore the unique partnership between NAWCAD Webster Outlying Field, the Navy’s rapid organic engineering capability, and UX-24, the Navy’s only dedicated UAS test squadron at the June 9 panel presented by The Patuxent Partnership and the Association of Naval Aviation.
“The Webster Field Advantage: Where Engineering Meets the Flight Line” will be held from 5 to 7:30pm Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum Flight Tech Hall on Route 235 in Lexington Park.
5pm: Refreshments. 5:30pm: Panel begins
Cost $15. Walk-ins $25
The panel will discuss how the proximity of engineering, prototyping, manufacturing, and flight testing at Webster Outlying Field, or WOLF, in partnership with industry provides benefits that can’t be found anywhere else.
The moderator:
- Debra G. Salamon, Executive Director, NAWCAD Mission Systems Group and Digital Analytics Infrastructure and Technology Advancement (DAiTA) Group BioSalamon, D
The speakers will be:
- Blaine Summers, Executive Director, Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM), NAWCAD Webster, Outlying Field
- CAPT Timothy Lee Castro, Mission Director, Navy Reserves NAVAIR Systems Command Headquarters, NAS
- Timothy P. Hickey, Rapid Capability Solutions Department Head, NAWCAD, Division Webster Outlying Field
- LT COL Jason N. Noll, UX-24 Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division
Registration is open here.
About The Patuxent Partnership
The Patuxent Partnership is a nonprofit member organization that fosters collaboration between government, industry, and academia to advance education through STEM-based initiatives; to advance technology through speaker programs, forums, and networking; to advance science and technology transfer through the exchange of ideas, information, and data related to technologies; and to increase workforce development through an array of initiatives.
To learn more about The Patuxent Partnership and its programs, visit its Leader member page.
