Three teams from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst tested their entrepreneurial skills on May 1 for the site's first Spark! Tank Ignites event. Building on the success of a similar event last year at NAWCAD Patuxent River and based on the television show Shark Tank, the teams pitched projects that need funding to continue development.  

U.S. Marines flying a CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter transported an F-35C Lightning II airframe from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River (Pax ITF) to a Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 24.

Close to 600 students from around the region showed their skills developing underwater robotics during the annual New Jersey/ New York Regional SeaPerch Program competition at the Neptune Aquatic Center on April 13.  

The competition was led by Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst and supported by Neptune High School, Navy Talent Acquisition Group Empire State and Scuba Tech Incorporated. SeaPerch is an underwater robotics program that allows students to build an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). 

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst Executive Director Kathleen P. Donnelly is retiring on March 30 after nearly 40 years of service supporting the warfighter.

The Environmental Test Lab at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst held a ribbon-cutting for its new large vibration table on March 7. This new cutting-edge equipment will help lab personnel achieve their mission of supporting the warfighter.

A group of experts from the military, academia, and industry came together in Philadelphia recently to discuss what role robots could someday play on military ships.  

Representatives from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst made the short trip across the Hudson to show their work to a new generation of scientists and engineers at Kids Week hosted by the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier Museum in New York City from Feb. 22-24.      

Since its start ten years ago, the Lakehurst Small Business Roundtable’s connection to Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst has resulted in more than $1 billion worth of contracts going from the Lakehurst side of the joint base to the local business community.  

The Mission Safety Team from the Site Operations Office at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst recently received the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Squadron Excellence in Safety Large Industrial Award for 2023.  

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst hosted an annual science symposium on Feb. 9 featuring local students whose ingenuity could someday support the warfighter.