An engineer from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) demonstrates a fiber optic cable connection in a lab at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. NAWCAD developed a new standardized training and certification process that expands the Navy's in-house fiber optic repair capability by 400 percent, decreasing aircraft maintenance downtime to improve fleet readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Jacob Moore)
| Date Taken: | 08.05.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.05.2026 11:49 |
| Photo ID: | 9851857 |
| VIRIN: | 260805-O-JQ696-6940 |
| Resolution: | 4780x3484 |
| Size: | 3.22 MB |
| Location: | PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND, US |
| Web Views: | 7 |
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