The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) recognized members of its sustainment, logistics and industrial operations workforce during a virtual ceremony Sept. 1 for their innovation and dedication to supporting the fleet.

Amanda Pilkerton, product support manager for the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft program office, received the Michael G. Simodejka Outstanding Sustainment/Logistics Manager of the Year award. The NAWCAD Lakehurst Integrated Support Environment (ISE) Team received the Outstanding Sustainment/Logistics Team of the Year award.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN(RD&A)) James Geurts visited Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst Aug. 26 to see the land-based test sites for the Navy’s newest aircraft launch and recovery systems, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG).

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst supplied more than 2,000 face shields to its military partners and the local community in Ocean County, New Jersey to help protect personnel from the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Approximately 1,900 face shields were provided to the Ocean County Office of Emergency Management. Face shields were also provided to United States Naval Ship Comfort, the U.S. Air Force’s 305th Air Mobility Wing and 108th Wing stationed at JB MDL, and NAWCAD Lakehurst personnel.

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst is supplying 500 face shields to the USNS Comfort stationed in New York City to help the fight against COVID-19.

USNS Comfort requested additional face shields for its personnel while they relieve pressure on New York area hospitals.

The NAWCAD Lakehurst team worked through the weekend to manufacture and deliver the first run of 160 face shields. The team used its additive manufacturing process, which builds a 3D object from a computer-aided design model.

Jonathan Myers goes to work every day and tries to break stuff.

Deck lights, pulley systems and network switch racks are all items that have seen his wrath. On this particular day, it’s a deck edge light for USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) that is getting the business – it’s being heated to 104 degrees Fahrenheit and submerged in a tank of 55-degree water, a stress test designed to see if it can withstand the realities of life on a ship.

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst recognized Brian Barr, Program Executive Officer Peculiar Support Equipment lead, for his dedication to developing the next generation of program managers during a Jan. 28 ceremony.

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst is aiming to improve naval aviation readiness and sustainment through the growth of its advanced manufacturing capabilities, with the recent expansion of its Additive Manufacturing (AM) facility.

The AM team at Lakehurst acquired three new machines for their facility in 2019 to increase production capacity and speed in support of NAWCAD’s headquarter command, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).

Sailors and Navy civilians from the Lakehurst side of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst recently donated toys to low-income families as part of the 44th Annual Navy Lakehurst Giving Tree program.

Approximately 200 children ages three-five from the Brick, Manchester and Toms River Head Start Centers in Ocean County, New Jersey, received a toy from their holiday wish list donated by volunteers from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst.

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst joined more than 150 members of small business for the fifth annual Lakehurst Small Business Roundtable Industry Day Oct. 30 at the Ocean County Library in Toms River, New Jersey.

The industry day focused on opportunities in Support Equipment (SE) and Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE), which are managed by a team at NAWCAD Lakehurst to assure that fixed and rotary wing aircraft operate safely and effectively from aircraft carriers, air capable ships and expeditionary airfields worldwide.

A Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst team leader was recognized during an award ceremony hosted here Aug. 20 for his leadership and dedication to supporting the fleet.

Paul Durso, Platforms Common Support Equipment (CSE) Team lead for the Common Aviation Support Equipment (SE) Program Office, received the 2019 NAWCAD Lakehurst Program Management Team Leader of the Year award.