NAVAIR Commander Vice Adm. Carl Chebi recognized individuals and teams in nine categories aligned directly to NAVAIR’s focus areas—speed of capability, affordability and availability—at the 25th annual NAVAIR Commander’s Awards held here June 4.
The Naval Aviation School for Additive Manufacturing (NASAM) is fostering collaboration across forces to ensure lethality and readiness wherever warfighters need it.
Recently, two U.S. Army soldiers used the skills they learned at NASAM to produce critical parts while deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve.
The Naval Aviation News (NAN) magazine recently received the first place Team Publication in the Navy Public Affairs Awards (NPAA) program for calendar year 2024.
The NPAA program recognizes outstanding achievement in communication efforts that advance Department of the Navy objectives.
Together with other Navy leaders, Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), spoke Monday morning on a panel at the Sea-Air-Space Conference and Exposition. The panel focused on aircraft, ships and submarines and the many ways the Navy is looking to have a combat-surge ready fleet by the year 2027.
Clint Stammer helps warfighters come home alive. They may never know his name, but their survival depends on his quiet dedication. He is an unsung American hero in the Department of Defense.
And he received recognition over a plate of fish tacos.
In late March, between back-to-back meetings at the F-35 Joint Program Office in Crystal City, Virginia, his boss, Colton Dixon, the JPO mission effectiveness lead, pulled Stammer away for a quick lunch.
As they sat down, a colleague approached the table.
"Can I congratulate him?"
Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, and Brig. Gen. David Walsh, Program Executive Officer for Air Anti-Submarine Warfare, Assault & Special Missions Programs, will participate in panels at this year’s Sea-Air-Space 2025 Expo, taking place from April 6 through 9 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland.
More than 200 graduates from NAVAIR’s Leadership Development Program (NLDP) and Journey Leadership Development Program (JLDP) were recognized at a ceremony held March 20, 2025.
Checklists, audits and inspections….these checks and balances ensure accuracy and reliability in products delivered while at the same time fostering efficiency, accountability and effectiveness within an organization. Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) underwent a Naval Aviation Maintenance Program (NAMP) audit that concluded on February 11, 2025. The command achieved a 98% success rate (outstanding!) with 3 of the top 4 programs and 5 of the top 10 performing areas located at FRCSW!
By JANINA LAMOGLIA
Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) participated in the 2024 Department of Defense (DoD) Maintenance Symposium, held in December at the Salt Palace Convention Center. The symposium, the only official DoD event focused solely on the maintenance and sustainment of weapon systems and equipment, attracted over 2,300 professionals from military, government, industry, and academia.
By JANINA LAMOGLIA
Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) received the People’s Choice Award at the 2024 Maintenance Innovation Challenge (MIC) for its presentation on cold spray technology, a repair process designed to restore corroded and damaged naval aircraft components.
The competition, held during the Department of Defense Maintenance Symposium in Salt Lake City, showcased five finalists presenting innovative solutions aimed at improving military sustainment and readiness. Attendees selected FRCSW’s cold spray technology as the standout innovation.
