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NAN 2024 Year In Review

Welcome to the second annual Year in Review edition of Naval Aviation News.

For 2024, we bring you an eclectic mix of stories, but with a few general themes. Like last year, innovation in training was big news for the Navy throughout the period. Helicopter training was set to undergo fundamental change using a joint service, public-private partnership; the establishment of a Marine Corps F-35B landing signal officer (LSO) training school was designed to increase the quality and quantity of trained LSOs; and aviators from Training Air Wing 1 completed carrier qualifications aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

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In this issue of Naval Aviation News, read about the Naval Air Systems Command’s Additive Manufacturing Team’s quick solution in helping USS Bataan (LHD-5) repair its optical landing system after a small part broke during deployment—ultimately allowing the Bataan to render aid to Israel during a strike—on page 24. On page 28, learn how ONR Tech Solutions developed and delivered a new realistic training simulator for the T-45 Goshawk.

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WWII Veteran Receives Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal

Eighty-one years after serving as an Aviation Radioman-gunner in World War II, a 99-year-old Navy veteran received July 25 a Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal at the California State Capitol Building in Sacramento.

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Get Real, Get Better: NAWCTSD's Theoretical Research, Engineering Improves Spatial Disorientation Training

The Basic & Applied Training & Technologies for Learning & Evaluation (BATTLE) Lab is an in-house capability dedicated to improving training and human performance. Since its establishment in 2014, the lab has produced capabilities by applying cognitive science, behavioral research and emerging technology solutions in a variety of learning environments.

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VT Aviators Complete Carrier Qualifications Aboard IKE

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE) hosted student naval aviators Sept. 24 from Training Air Wing (TW) 1, composed of Training Squadron (VT) 7 and VT-9 from Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi, and TW-2, composed of VT-21 and VT-22 from Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, as a part of carrier qualification (CQ) training off the coast of Florida.

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ONR TechSolutions Delivers New Realistic Flight Simulator

A new innovation in aviation training, featuring a simulator sponsored by the Office of Naval Research TechSolutions program, delivers a better way to prepare future Navy pilots. The T-45C Goshawk mixed-reality simulator, also known as Project Link, was recently showcased at – A new innovation in aviation training, featuring a simulator sponsored by the Office of Naval Research TechSolutions program, delivers a better way to prepare future Navy pilots.

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Rapid Collaborative Additive Manufacturing Effort Helps U.S. Protect International Ally

The ability for Naval Aviation to deploy and intervene anywhere in the world is one of the many tenets that makes it a superior force. At any point in time, Sailors and Marines can receive orders to support an ally and need to be ready for whatever threat it engages. That requires shipboard and aircraft components to be fully operational.

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Program Office Brings E-6B Mercury Operator, Maintainer Training into the 21st Century

The training for operators and maintainers of the Navy’s E-6B Mercury fleet has launched into the 21st century thanks to new virtual 3D training systems provided by the Airborne Strategic Command, Control and Communications Program Office.

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