Technical, business and leadership excellence was honored June 25 as 79 Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division teammates were recognized during the command’s annual Honorary Awards Ceremony at China Lake.

A separate ceremony was held June 27 at Point Mugu to recognize award winners there.

Several Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division employees can add “successful Fox Hunt” to their list of professional accomplishments after a two-day class held at Point Mugu June 11 and 12.

No, not that kind of fox.

In this case the fox is a small radio transmitter, and the hunters are armed with receivers, directional antennas, and a variety of search techniques. They use their antennas to sweep for the transmitter signal, then move and search again, attempting to triangulate the location of the “fox.”