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Avionics
U.S. Navy works on design to create a centralized hub for aviation training - News
August 31, 2015
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The Naval Aviation Training Systems Program Office (PMA-205) and Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division teamed up to design and demonstrate the Navy Aviation Distributed Training Center (NADTC) prototype, a central hub for distributed aviation training. The NADTC’s goal is to provide daily training opportunities for naval aviation and is part of the Naval Aviation Vision for 2025.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton enters anechoic chamber for electromagnetic compatibility testing - News
August 18, 2015
NAVAIR AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing for the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton is underway in Patuxent River.
Radar/EW
UH-1Y aircraft tests flight with developmental electronic warfare pod - News
July 01, 2015
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 completed a test flight on a UH-1Y aircraft with a developmental electronic warfare (EW) pod.
Radar/EW
P-8A Poseidon aircraft flies with Advanced Airborne Sensor radar - News
June 11, 2015
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft completed its first flight with the APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS) radar configuration. The U.S. Navy, Raytheon, and Boeing worked together to achieve this milestone.
Radar/EW
Navy's MQ-4C Triton UAS completes flight test with MFAS radar - News
June 01, 2015
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Over the Patuxent River air space, the Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAS completed its inaugural flight with the new search radar.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy unmanned aircraft autonomously refuels in flight - News
April 23, 2015
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – Over the coast of Maryland and Virginia in the Atlantic Test Ranges, the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System program completed a test objective of an Autonomous Aerial Refueling (ARR) of an unmanned aircraft, the X-47B.
Unmanned
Navy weaponizing Fire Scout unmanned helicopter - News
March 22, 2012
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) engineers are weaponizing the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter for an urgent request from the U.S. This is the first time the Navy has armed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Weapons planned for the Fire Scout include a laser-guided rocket, the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS).
