The Naval Aviation Training System and Ranges program office (PMA-205) recently completed the first flight test of its next-generation air combat training system, the Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS II), on an F/A-18F at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.  The second flight test, the first for this system involving two aircraft, followed in quick succession using two F/A-18E aircraft.

The U.S. Navy awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to FlightSafety Services Corporation today for Aircrew Training Services (ATS) in support of the Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS) program. 

The five-year base contract is for $220,766,476 for TH-73A ATS, which includes availability on 18 Flight Simulation Training Devices (FSTDs). The total contract value is $363,492,518. FSTDs are scheduled be available in calendar year 2021 and will continue through calendar year 2026.The government received two proposals for the contract.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN(RDA)) James Geurts visited the Leonardo Helicopters manufacturing facility in Philadelphia on June 26 to get a firsthand look at the new TH-73A Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS) under production.

Instructor pilot training for the new TH-73A Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS) began in June with the first two instructor pilots from Training Air Wing (TAW) 5 getting classroom and hands-on experience at the AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corporation (Leonardo) facility in Philadelphia.

A new program manager took the lead of the Naval Undergraduate Flight Training Systems Program Office (PMA-273) March 26.

Capt. Holly Shoger assumed command from Capt. Todd St. Laurent during a small event in the PEO(T) program office including both captains, the Program Executive Officer for Tactical Aircraft Programs (PEO(T)), Rear Adm. Shane Gahagan, as well as the PEO(T) and PMA-273 deputies.

With the heightened Navywide Health Protection Condition in response to COVID-19, attendance to the change of command event was limited.

The command recognized significant innovation and technical achievements during its 18th annual Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Commander’s and Innovation Awards at Patuxent River on Jan. 9, 2019.

Awards were given to both individuals and teams, and were selected from over 45 nominations.  Those recognized represent some of NAWCAD’s most innovative and important scientific contributions to naval aviation in 2018.