http://www.navair.navy.mil/news NAVAIR News Release Data Tue, 21 May 2013 22:43:09 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5359 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- Wendy Kay (left), the senior security director for the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Plans, Policy, Oversight and Integration, presents Deb Bailey (right), E-2/C-2 Airborne Tactical Data... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5359 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5358 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- An F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Office (PMA 265) business financial manager (BFM) recently joined an elite fraternity when she was awarded a set of gold aviation wings for her accomplishments in the... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:45:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5358 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5357 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – The Department of the Navy announced May 15 that the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) received Milestone C approval authorizing the start of low rate initial production.  With MS C approval,... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:43:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5357 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5355 NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION, CHINA LAKE, Calif.  — Rear Adm. Paul Sohl, NAWCWD commander, signed a co-exclusive patent license agreement between NAWCWD and Cobalt Technologies on April 8. The agreement includes a suite of inventions covering technology capable... Mon, 20 May 2013 11:34:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5355 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5354 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- Capt. John Lemmon, E-2/C-2 Airborne Tactical Data System Program Office (PMA-231) program manager, presented Mackenzie Karn, PMA-231 flight vehicle performance lead, with the Joey Miller Engineering Excellence Award during a ceremony May... Mon, 20 May 2013 10:45:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5354 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5353 USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, At Sea — The Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) has begun touch-and-go landing operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) May 17. For UCAS-D, this represents the most significant technology maturation... Fri, 17 May 2013 08:55:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5353 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5347 NAVAL AIR SYSTEM COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- Mike Jiavaras, front left, Expeditionary Airfield (EAF) engineering team lead; Ken Maynard, front center, Applied Research Lab research and development engineer; and Bob Nantz, front right, F-35 integrated test force team lead;... Thu, 16 May 2013 15:17:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5347 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5351 MCAS CHERRY POINT, N.C. – A heightened sense of safety has sparked more than a few improvements to local processes since Fleet Readiness Center East embarked on its journey to earn Voluntary Protection Program Star status a few years back. ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:55:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5351 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5349 MCAS CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Fleet Readiness Center East artisans and engineers working the H-1 Program have completed more than 30 percent of the work required to transform the first of three Marine Corps UH-1N Hueys into the Air Force... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:36:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5349 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5346 MCAS CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Col. Blayne H. Spratlin assumed command of Fleet Readiness Center East from Col. Mitchell A. Bauman in a change of command ceremony, May 2. Retired Marine Lt. Gen. George J. Trautman III and Rear Adm. CJ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:10:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5346 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5343 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Australian Ministers for Defence and Defence Materiel announced May 15 that the government of Australia will enter into a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) planning case with the U.S. Navy for the MQ-4C... Thu, 16 May 2013 11:24:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5343 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5342 What:  Members of the electronic, print and broadcast media are invited to participate in a media teleconference to discuss the details of the historic X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The X-47B... Tue, 14 May 2013 12:35:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5342 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5341 USS George H.W. Bush (AT SEA) — The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia today. “Today we saw a small, but... Tue, 14 May 2013 12:29:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5341 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5339 ORLANDO, Fla. – Vice Adm. David A. Dunaway, Commander Naval Air Systems Command, visited Naval Support Activity Orlando to meet with employees of the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) May 9, 2013. Dunaway was greeted by NSA Orlando/NAWCTSD... Tue, 14 May 2013 08:55:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5339 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5338 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) visited Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE), the largest tenant command on Naval Air Station Jacksonville, to meet with leaders, address the workforce, and tour the military depot May 10. NAVAIR Commander Vice... Mon, 13 May 2013 10:41:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5338 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5336 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Scientists from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) recently brought to light a new approach for underwater optics that could enhance fleet activities, such as detecting underwater mines and seafloor... Tue, 07 May 2013 16:27:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5336 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5335 Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) Commanding Officer Capt. Don Simmons, III (right) is joined by FRCSW Command Master Chief Pablo Cintron, as NC1 Cindi Craig and AS2 Jamie Harbor prepare to raise the Navy Honor Roll Pennant for Retention May... Tue, 07 May 2013 16:22:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5335 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5334 Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. -- Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMX) 1 Marines, past and present, family members and friends mingle on the flight line with the newest addition to the squadron, an MV-22 B 'Osprey,' after an MV-22B Introduction Ceremony in... Mon, 06 May 2013 14:23:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5334 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5332 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) is utilizing effective, environmentally-friendly technology to locate potential fuel leaks on the Navy’s P-3 Orion Maritime Patrol aircraft in response to stricter federal regulations and standards for gas leak detection. FRCSE artisans are... Mon, 06 May 2013 13:52:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5332 http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5320 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – The Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first-ever arrested landing here May 4, another key step to mature the system for its historic carrier-based tests later this month. “Landing an... Mon, 06 May 2013 06:41:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=5320