Airscoop | Sept. 13, 2024

USS Nimitz Completes Planned Incremental Availability

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard June 19, and headed out to sea after a seven-month planned incremental availability (PIA) period.Nimitz’s PIA began in January 2024, when the ship underwent dedicated
Airscoop | Sept. 13, 2024

USS Abraham Lincoln Completes Board of Inspection and Survey

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) completed its Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) assessment May 1.
Airscoop | Sept. 13, 2024

Navy Advances Development of Air Force’s New Joint Simulation Environment

Engineers from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) successfully installed core software in the Air Force’s future Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) facility at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada bringing the service closer to
Airscoop | Sept. 13, 2024

VMU-3 Advancing Operations: The Shift to SATCOM Launch and Recovery

Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3, achieved a significant operational milestone with the successful execution of a Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Launch and Recovery (SLR) flight with the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Unmanned
Airscoop | Sept. 13, 2024

VMFT-402 Begins Standup at Fighter Town East

Three F-5N Tiger IIs arrived May 30 at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, South Carolina, as part of Marine Fighter Training Squadron (VMFT) 402’s stand up process to serve as an adversary squadron.
Airscoop | Sept. 13, 2024

Airborne Electronic Attack Systems Program Office Hosts Inaugural JAMina...

The Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) Systems Program Office hosted its inaugural JAMinar in June. The pilot program aimed to equip new program office personnel with valuable knowledge and program office-focused courses to better support the program
Airscoop | Sept. 13, 2024

CharLES Gives Engineers Clearer Picture of Potential Solutions to Engine...

CharLES, the aerospace industry’s high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver, is reducing the time and cost it takes to simulate the aerodynamics inside an aircraft’s engine and troubleshoot problems.
Airscoop | Sept. 13, 2024

Navy’s Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike) Passes Key Milestone

The Navy’s Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike) (FVL (MS)) program recently completed its Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), culminating in a Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (DCNO) for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities (N9) “Gate 2” Resources
Airscoop | Sept. 13, 2024

NAWCAD Lakehurst Works to Improve Flight Deck Safety with NOCTRNAL Research

Research spearheaded by a team at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, looking at ways to improve deck safety on a ship while freeing up Sailors to do other more critical jobs, received Naval Innovative, Science and Engineering
Airscoop | Sept. 13, 2024

Naval Test Pilot School Students Evaluate Orion Handling Qualities at NASA

As part of a technical exchange with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, 24 test pilots under instruction from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD) U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) were invited to spend a week at
Airscoop | Sept. 13, 2024

Navy Test Pilot School Mural Raised From Ruin at the Patuxent River Nava...

A mural that once held pride of place on the lobby wall of the now-demolished Officer’s Club at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River will once again be a focal point, this time for visitors at the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum in Lexington Park,
Airscoop | July 10, 2024

U.S. Naval War College Alumni Join Next Generation of Astronauts

U.S. Naval War College (NWC) alumni Cmdr. Jack Hathaway and Lt. Cmdr. Jessica Wittner graduated as astronauts in NASA’s Artemis program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, March 5.
Airscoop | July 10, 2024

NPS Accepted into USSPACECOM Academic Engagement Enterprise

MONTEREY, Calif.—U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) has accepted the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) into its Academic Engagement Enterprise (AEE), a select partnership of 48 colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Airscoop | July 10, 2024

NRL Participates in International Campaign Investigating Polar Low Pheno...

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) research meteorologist James Doyle, Ph.D., recently joined an international team of scientists to investigate meteorological processes associated with Arctic cold air outbreaks.
Airscoop | July 10, 2024

VMFA-542 Achieves Full Operational Capability as Marine Corps’ First Eas...

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), achieved full operational capability April 3 as the Marine Corps’ first East Coast F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter squadron in the Fleet Marine Force.
Airscoop | July 10, 2024

First East Coast-Assigned Navy CMV-22B Osprey Arrives to Norfolk

The first East Coast-assigned Navy tiltrotor vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) CMV-22B Osprey aircraft, assigned to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 40, arrived to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on April 5.
Airscoop | July 10, 2024

ARTEMIS Program Receives First Repatriated Swiss F-5

The first of 22 repatriated Swiss F-5 Tiger II aircraft arrived at the Tactical Air Support facility at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida, March 21 for the second phase of the Avionics Reconfiguration and Tactical/Modernization for Inventory
Airscoop | July 10, 2024

Building the Eye in the Sky: VMUT-2 Begins Assembly of First MQ-9A Reape...

Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron (VMUT) 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), began the assembly of 2nd MAW’s first MQ-9A Reaper, April 10, as part of the Marine Corps’ continued transition from the legacy RQ-21A Blackjack in accordance
Airscoop | July 10, 2024

Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie Completes Second Successful Flight

The Marine Corps’ XQ-58A Valkyrie, a highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle, successfully completed its second test flight Feb. 23, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Airscoop | July 10, 2024

2nd LAAD Battalion Marines Put Counter-UAS Concepts to the Test

Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), conducted a scenario-driven training April 15-17 for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (CUAS) aboard Marine Corps Base Camp