Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD)

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division: Advancing capability and operational readiness for #NavalAviation and our warfighters. #NAWCAD #IAmNavalAviation #NavalAviaton #USMCAviation

🗞️🚢 ✈️#NAWCAD in the News | Here's how our Lakehurst engineers are connecting artificial intelligence to cameras around carriers to make moving aircraft around the flight deck safer and more efficient for deck handlers: https://lnkd.in/dkG3m2X5

✈️The US Navy's Test Pilot School changes command | Cmdr. Travis Hartman took command from US Army Lt. Col. Aaron Kia during an airborne change of command ceremony over the Patuxent River on June 27. Welcome, Cmdr. Hartman and fair winds, Lt. Col. Kia! 🚁More on what flew during the ceremony, Hartman's tactical aviation background, and where Kia's headed next here: https://lnkd.in/ee2tFnCt

Here's a look at what went down after international students sent their self-built unmanned systems up over Southern Maryland during the 22nd annual RoboNation Student Unmanned Competition with #NAWCAD this week! Our #Navy test pilots and engineers from unmanned Air Test and Evaluation Squadron TWO FOUR (UX-24) were incredibly impressed by this year's talent... the future looks bright for unmanned aviation 😎 ✈️ 🛸 🚁 🌞

Let's give it up for our 22nd annual RoboNation Student Unmanned Competition champions! Here's this year's leading lineup: 🥇1st Place and Best in Mission: Team UAS2030 from Saudi Arabia's King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals 👏2nd Place: Team ITUNOM UAV from Turkey's Istanbul Technical University 🙌3rd Place: Team ARROW from India's Nirma University Institute of Technology 🎉4th Place and Best in Technical Design: Team Edhitha from India's Ramaiah Institute of Technology 👍5th Place: Team ITUNOM UAV from Turkey's Istanbul University Huge congratulations to this year's participants and volunteers on a colossally successful event! Can't wait to see you back next year ✈️

In my latest for The War Zone I explain that reading the side numbers of airplanes on aircraft carrier decks has been a vital human job for nearly a century. But the Navy may automate the task using an algorithm developed for its NOCTRNAL project.   @TheWarZone Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD)  https://lnkd.in/eFw_RtQd

#SouthernMaryland keep your eyes on the skies! ✈️Hundreds of college and high school students from across the globe have descended on the Patuxent River area to compete their self-built unmanned systems at the 22nd annual RoboNation Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition at the St. Mary's County Airport in partnership with #NAWCAD. The competition launched today with system safety checks by our test pilots and engineers from our Air Test and Evaluation Squadron TWO FOUR (UX-24) Ghost Wolves 🐺! 📦This year’s obstacle course challenged students to build an unmanned system that focuses on logistics transportation, requiring systems to travel to a recipient, identify drop locations, and safely deliver a package autonomously—all while avoiding other #UAS' — a critically important mission for #NavalAviation. 💸Student teams who are the top achievers in technical design, flight readiness, and mission demonstration will take home up to $20,000 in cash prizes. 🍀Systems start flying tomorrow. Good luck to our student competitors!

Bravo Zulu to two outstanding Blackjacks! Mr. Pat Collins and Mr. Gerik Landis were both recently awarded the Civilian Service Achievement Medal (CSAM) for their immense contributions and efforts while working with the H-60 Test Team. Specifically, they were recognized for their incredible work and success while tasked with the test and development of the Digital Magnetic Anomaly Detection (DMAD) advanced mission subsystem for the MH-60R Seahawk multi-mission helicopter. Congrats to both Pat and Gerik on a job well done! Very well deserved! #HX21 #MH60R #FlightTestEngineer #AviationExcellence

In case you missed it, #NAWCAD launched its first-ever merchandise shop! Get shopping for you gear today: https://bit.ly/4aZ372z Feedback is a gift! What do you love? What are we missing? Bookmark this link, we'll update our shop periodically. Let us know what you want to see in the comments!

#NAWCAD saves millions by partnering with Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services | A mobile command center called "Big Blue” was excess property under no mission with no command, so #NAWCAD acquired it for free saving $1.3 million. Check out the full story here: https://lnkd.in/eeyVBivb