MQ-25 Conducts first flight 04.25.2026 | Photo by Jamie Cosgrove The Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray conducts its initial flight April 25 at Boeing’s facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Ill. The aircraft...
MQ-25A Stingray conducts first flight 04.25.2026 | Photo by Jamie Cosgrove The Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray takes its first flight April 25 at Boeing’s facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Ill. The MQ-25 is the...
Navy tests JDAM-LR 04.01.2026 | Courtesy Photo A Navy F/A-18 carries the new Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Long Range (LR) variant during a test event in early April off the coast of...
U.S. Navy completes final flight test Harpoon Block... 01.16.2026 | Photo by Jamie Cosgrove An F-15 launches a Harpoon Block II off the coast of California in January 2026. This was final flight test of the Harpoon Block II Update (HIIU)...
Marines conduct shipbard testing with TRV-150C 03.17.2026 | Courtesy Photo The Marine Corps recently conduct shipboard testing with the TRV-150C Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (TRUAS) aboard a San...
Navy dedicates MQ-25 hangar to fallen test pilot 04.10.2026 | Photo by NAWCAD Visual Information The wife of the late Lt. Cmdr. Raymond O’Hare accepts a proclamation from St. Mary's County Commissioners, from left, Mike Alderson, Jr., Scott...
Beauchamp takes command of Navy test squadron,... 03.05.2026 | Photo by NAWCAD Visual Information Cmdr. Robert Beauchamp speaks after assuming command of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 as outgoing commander Cmdr. Jessica Barrientos...
NAWCAD Lakehurst team inspires STEM enthusiasm at... 02.23.2026 | Photo by Adam Hochron Team members from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst engaged nearly 2,500 families during the annual Kids Week event at...
MQ-25A Stingray First Flight 04.25.2026 | Courtesy Video MQ-25A Stingray conducts first flight (Video courtesy of Boeing)
Navy’s ‘Magic Carpet’ for H-60 successfully... 03.30.2026 | Video by NAWCAD Visual Information and Brittany Dickerson Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) engineers monitor the first flight test of Low-Speed Precision Control (LSPC), a new assistive...
Eye in the Sky: UH-72's New Camera System 03.10.2026 | Video by Timothy Boulay, Corinne Milligan and Charles Regner The U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) successfully completed the first flight of a UH‑72 helicopter equipped with a newly integrated...
Landing Signal Officer Training Expansion 01.12.2026 | Video by Timothy Boulay, Corinne Milligan and Charles Regner NAWCAD's training program in development for the Marine Corps officers who oversee the safe launches and landings on carriers is expanding...
NAWCAD Lab Tour Series 12.18.2025 | Video by Timothy Boulay, Corinne Milligan and Charles Regner Strategic Intent: To communicate the innovations and cutting-edge technologies used to support full-spectrum readiness for U.S. Sailors and...
Santa Over Southern Maryland 2025 12.17.2025 | Video by Timothy Boulay, Corinne Milligan and Charles Regner Santa and his elves from HX-21 at Patuxent River Naval Air Station visited good boys and girls across Southern Maryland. This year, he added even...
NAWCAD Lakehurst 2025 Spirit Spot 12.13.2025 | Video by Adam Hochron Sailors at NAWCAD Lakehurst are showing their support for Navy in the 2025 Army-Navy football game with a unique twist on the traditional kickoff....
NAWCAD's Manned Flight Simulator: 40th Anniversary... 12.17.2025 | Video by Timothy Boulay, Corinne Milligan and Charles Regner At NAWCAD, we train like we fight - with the help of some state-of-the-art simulators! The folks at Manned Flight celebrated 40-years of testing...
MQ-25A Stingray achieves successful first... 04.27.2026 | Courtesy Story The U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray™ successfully completed its first test flight from Boeing's facility at MidAmerica Airport in...
New JDAM LR capability completes successful... 04.20.2026 | Courtesy Story The Navy recently demonstrated the new Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Long Range (LR) variant in early April, marking a significant milestone...
Navy completes final deliveries of 300 Harpoon missiles 04.15.2026 | Courtesy Story The Navy delivered final 300th Harpoon missile under the LOT 91 production contract in March 2026, marking a significant milestone in the Harpoon...
Marines conduct cargo UAS shipboard testing 04.14.2026 | Courtesy Story The Marine Corps recently conducted shipboard testing with the TRV-150C Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (TRUAS) aboard a San...
Navy dedicates MQ-25 hangar to fallen test pilot 04.10.2026 | Story by NAWCAD Visual Information The Navy dedicated a new MQ-25A Stingray test hangar at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in honor of Lt. Cmdr. Raymond O’Hare, a naval test...
Navy’s ‘Magic Carpet’ for H-60 successfully... 03.30.2026 | Story by NAWCAD Visual Information To improve safety and operational readiness, naval engineers successfully tested new assistive technology to help H-60 helicopter pilots land in...
Beauchamp takes command of Navy test squadron,... 03.05.2026 | Story by NAWCAD Visual Information Cmdr. Robert Beauchamp relieved Cmdr. Jessica Barrientos as the commanding officer of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 in a ceremony at...
NAWCAD Lakehurst team inspires STEM enthusiasm at... 02.26.2026 | Story by Adam Hochron Team members from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst engaged nearly 2,500 families during the annual Kids Week event at...
