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FILTER RESULTS ►Unmanned Navy planes near big milestones in May
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Reuters) - The Navy plans to carry out the first catapult takeoff of its new X-47B unmanned plane from an aircraft carrier next month and other shipboard tests despite mandatory budget cuts this year, accordi...
Lightning II Bug
The Marines’ F-35B Lightning II jump jet performed its first night-time short takeoff and vertical landing at Maryland’s Patuxent River Naval Air Station on Tuesday. This ability to take off from, and land on, cramped spaces — like the corps’ amphibious ships — is the Marine F-35B variant’s key reason for life. Show More Summary
U.S. sees Australia decision on F/A-18 jets by summer
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Reuters) - Australia is expected to decide on the purchase of up to 24 additional Boeing Co F/A-18 fighter jets by late spring or early summer, according to the U.S. Navy captain who runs the foreign fighter...
F-35B drops second GBU-12 over Atlantic test ranges
A Lockheed Martin F-35B short take-off vertical landing
(STOVL) joint strike fighter dropped a second weapon at Naval Air Station
Patuxent River, Maryland, on December 3, earlier in the week.
Lt Cmdr Michael Burks released an inert 500lbs...Show More Summary
Navy's Logo For Death-Bringing Drone Development Is...Death
Wired's Spencer Ackerman visited the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland this morning to get an exclusive look at the U.S. Navy's new UFO-looking drone. But in the process, he snapped this photo of the Navy's Program Executive...Show More Summary
Northrop Grumman X-47B makes first Pax River flight
The Northrop Grumman X-47B made its first flight out of the US Navy's flight test center at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, yesterday.
Here is a Naval Air Systems Command video of the event.
My colleagues Flight reporter Zach Rosenberg and Stephen Trimble--the original creator of this blog-- are at the base today for its media day. Show More Summary
Was That A UFO On The Beltway?
WASHINGTON -- Don't worry, the strange object seen just outside the nation's capital Wednesday night wasn't a UFO. It was a drone. A strangely-shap... Read more: X-47B Drones, Beltway UFO, Patuxent River Naval Air Station Drones, Drone...Show More Summary
Navy drone crashes in Maryland?
WASHINGTON - A U.S. Navy drone crashed Monday in a marsh near Salisbury, Maryland. The RQ-4A Global Hawk drone crashed during a routine training flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, according to Jamie Cosgrove, a spokeswoman...Show More Summary
Navy drone crashes off Maryland; no injuries
A U.S. Navy drone flying out of Patuxent River Naval Air Station crashed Monday after operators lost contact with the aircraft, NBC News reported. The BAMS-D (Broad Area Maritime Surveillance), an unmanned demonstrator aircraft that’s still in development, went down in a s …
This F-35 On Afterburner Is Your Aeroplane Porn Of The Day
As problematic as the F-35 Lightning II has been so far, this aeroplane can look mighty amazing. Look at this F-35B going all afterburny in a flight test at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. That transonic flow looks great. [Lockheed Martin]...
This F-35 On Afterburner Is Your Airporn Porn of the Day and My New Desktop Background [Airplanes]
As problematic as the F-35 Lightning II has been so far, this airplane can look mighty amazing. Look at this F-35B going all afterburny in a flight test at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. That transonic flow looks great. [Lockheed Martin] More »
Lockheed Martin releases F-35C formation flight pictures
Lockheed Martin has released these two images of the Navy's F-35C
variant flying in formation at Naval
Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.
I personally find the CV aircraft to be the best looking of the three versions--but
hat's partly because it looks more the like an F-22 than the others. Enjoy.
Marines’ Lockheed F-35 jet gets nod from Panetta
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Friday that he was endorsing the Marine Corps version of the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet because sufficient progress had been made on resolving tech...
Military spearheads clean-energy drive
PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR STATION, Md. — With the Navy’s Blue Angels and their F/A-18 Hornets arrayed in a neat line behind him, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that they would perform in the Labor Day Air Expo using a 50-50 mix of...Show More Summary
Blue Angels to fly on biofuels
When the six F/A-18 Hornets in the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team thrill the crowds at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River Air Expo in Maryland this weekend, they'll be soaring on biofuel. Each of the six Hornets will be powered by a 50/50-blend of jet fuel and camelina-based biofuel, according to a [...]
First Navy Trainer Completes Biofuel Flight
The Navy's alternative energy program expanded Aug. 24 when a T-45 training aircraft completed a successful biofuel flight at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md. The "Salty Dogs" of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 flew the high-performance jet trainer on a biofuel mixture of petroleum-based JP-5 jet fuel and plant-based camelina. The
F-35C Starts Carrier Suitability Testing
Flown by test pilot Lt. Cmdr. Eric "Magic" Buus, F-35C test aircraft CF-2 lands at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey June 25. CF-2 and the F-35 integrated test team from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. are at the NAVAIR facility in Lakehurst for the first jet blast deflector (JBD) testing, in preparation for
F-35C CF-1 Catapult Hookup
Navy F-35 flight test aircraft CF-1 approaches the TC-7 catapult at Naval Air Station Patuxent River March 22. With U.S. Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matt "Opie" Taylor at the controls, CF-1 completed functional checks and performed the first test hookup of the F-35C to the catapult. The test team also investigated an issue
F-35C Breaks Sound Barrier for the First Time
The first F-35C test aircraft (CF-1) flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time over a test range near the Navy and Marine Corps F-35 integrated test facility at Naval Air Station Patuxent River March 4. During a test flight to expand the flutter envelope, CF-1 reached Mach 1.02 at 30,000 feet
Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II: Making Progress
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER: The Marine Corps performed a significant maneuver today with the Corps’ short take-off and vertical landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, the STOVL F-35B Lightning II. The BF-2, a test version of the fighter jet, accomplished its first vertical landing and conversion back to normal flight. This is an
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