NAVAIR News Releases http://www.navair.navy.mil/news NAVAIR News Release Data Mon, 26 Oct 2015 02:19:52 GMT FRCSE engineers install new eCass system to aid fleet readiness http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6093 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – At the end of a long, sterile hallway deep inside a non-descript building at Cecil Commerce Center, lies a chain of mammoth rooms, lined with daunting electronic equipment that blinks and hums from floor to ceiling. Employees of... Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:56:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6093 PHOTO RELEASE: Program Management employees honored for length of service http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6092 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:18:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6092 PHOTO RELEASE: Program Management presents ACE quarterly awards http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6091 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:48:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6091 PHOTO RELEASE: Program Management employee honored for achievement http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6090 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:21:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6090 PHOTO RELEASE: Program Management employees presented with team spolight award http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6089 Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. – Gary Kurtz, NAVAIR assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), left, and Capt. Craig Dorrans, program manager for Aviation Training Systems and Ranges (PMA-205), far right, recently presented the Universal Ejection Seat Trainer... Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:15:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6089 PHOTO RELEASE: Program Management Sailor presented with Navy and Maine Corps medal http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6088 Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. – Gary Kurtz, NAVAIR assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), left, and Capt. Craig Dorrans, program manager for Aviation Training Systems and Ranges (PMA-205), far right,  present a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement... Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:10:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6088 U.S. Navy accepts first MH-60R helicopters for Royal Danish Air Force http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6084 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Owego, N.Y. – The U.S. Navy accepted the first two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters bound for Denmark at Lockheed Martin’s Owego facility October 22. Prior to being delivered to the Royal Danish Air Force, the aircraft will be... Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:28:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6084 Mid-Atlantic connects with customers at FRC Day http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6087 FLEET READINESS CENTER MID-ATLANTIC, NAVAL AIR STATION NORFOLK, Virginia – Leaders and members of the E-2, C-2, H-60 and H-53 communities, along with participants of Naval Air Systems Command’s (NAVAIR) Naval Acquisition Development Program (NADP) came together Oct. 9 to... Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:34:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6087 COMFRC captures canoe challenge championship http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6081 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. -- Commanding officers  and command master chiefs (CMCs) from across Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River gathered at the West Basin Marina here on Oct. 14 for a friendly canoeing competition. The team from... Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:33:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6081 Developmental assignment creates learning experience for engineer http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6085 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Going back to school doesn’t have to mean pencils, books and an apple for the teacher. Dr. Theresa Shafer, an aerospace engineer by trade, recently went “back to school” when she took on... Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:37:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6085 AIR 6.0 holds summit, shares initiatives to improve fleet support http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6083 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. – In light of today’s tight budget environment, Naval Aviation is shifting from procurement to sustainment and modernization. With aircraft flying more extended missions and airframes remaining in the fleet longer, this shift... Tue, 20 Oct 2015 08:13:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6083 Calling all future NAVAIR leaders http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6082 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Aspiring leaders learned how to apply to the NAVAIR Journey Leadership Development Program (JLDP) at a workshop held here Oct. 8. The workshop, which was also broadcast nationally to the other NAVAIR sites,... Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:02:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6082 Increasing readiness and speed to fleet at FRCWP http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6080 OKINAWA, Japan -- Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific (FRCWP) recently sponsored cadmium (CAD) plating training for Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron-36 (MALS-36), NIPPI Corporation and its artisans on Okinawa to provide the Marines quicker responses to In-Service Repairs (ISR). Aaron Raines,... Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:39:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6080 Photo Release: AARGM moves forward with integrated test http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6079 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md.  – An F/A-18 E/F launches a Block I Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM)  during test firings over the Point Mugu Sea Range in August 2015.  AARGM completed the first phase of Block 1 integrated test... Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:14:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6079 Air boss visits China Lake, Point Mugu http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6078 NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION, POINT MUGU, Calif. - Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, Naval Air Forces commander (CNAF), visited with operational units, installation commands and Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) staff during his Oct. 5-6 visit to... Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:13:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6078 National event showcases how Hispanics energize this nation’s diversity http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6077 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Growing up in a small barrio in Texas to poor immigrant parents, Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch learned firsthand the importance of culture, tradition and “familia.” Kickbusch, who spoke here Oct. 6 as part of... Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:22:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6077 NAWCWD systems engineer gets Wayne E. Meyer Award http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6076 NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION CHINA LAKE, Calif. - John Manion, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Survivability Assessment Branch head, recently received the Wayne E. Meyer Award for Excellence in Systems Engineering for Outstanding Academic Achievement upon graduating... Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:23:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6076 Photo Release: Helping homeless one sock at a time http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6075 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- Wilberto Flores, intern volunteer coordinator with the Naval Acquisition Development Program (NADP) (center), his daughter, Miranda (center right), Rear Adm. Paul Sohl, Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers (COMFRC) and Assistant Commander Naval Air... Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:16:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6075 COMFRC, AIR 6.0 Face-to-Face generates ideas, produces learning opportunities http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6074 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. -- Even with the immediate availability of digital media, surveys have shown that face-to-face interaction is the preferred method of communication for all age groups and one which builds a clear organizational identity. With... Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:04:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6074 Customers honor NAVAIR’s business financial managers http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6073 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. - Teamwork and passion for getting the job done inspired program managers to nominate 18 NAVAIR business financial managers (BFMs) for the fifth annual AIR-7.8 Headquarters Award for Excellence in Financial Management Service. Established... Wed, 07 Oct 2015 10:21:00 GMT http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6073