On Friday, Nov. 6 about 6 p.m. while working to restore Pond No. 3 near gate three on base, a crew scanning the surface waters with a metal detector for debris discovered an unexploded mid-twentieth century 5 inch rocket.

1 Comment as of 11/10/2009 12:03 AM, Last Comment by MrJack

A new jet aircraft will soon be calling Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River home. The F-35 Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will arrive from Fort Worth, Texas to continue its System Development and Demonstration (SDD) testing efforts at NAS Patuxent River.

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Navy Test Pilot School trainees, a US Marine Capt and a female civilian engineer were on a training flight while attending the Naval Test Pilot School on base, when they made a routine landing. During the landing rollout, the crew discovered that they could not stop the T-38C Talon and ejected.

19 Comments as of 9/28/2009 9:13 AM, Last Comment by ParaRigger

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Scott Sanders, a 22 year resident of St Mary's County and active member in the U.S. Navy Reserve put to sea aboard the flagship USS Anzio (CG 68) as Commander, Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151).

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After three years of hard work from numerous agencies; federal, military, and private industry, the Navy has certified the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to fly higher, at an altitude once reserved solely for commercial airlines. The certification will save the Navy $250,000 per squadron per year!

1 Comment as of 7/31/2009 12:40 PM, Last Comment by phantomfire1

Mikulski applauded Senate passage of the fiscal year 2010 Defense Authorization Bill. The legislation protects Americans serving on the battlefield, improves military healthcare, keeps promises made to wounded warriors, improves military quality of life and keeps BRAC on track in Maryland.

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On Tuesday, July 21 Lockheed's much heralded and often maligned F22 fighter jet program came crashing down when the Senate voted to kill the funding for the program.

3 Comments as of 7/23/2009 10:02 AM, Last Comment by phantomfire1

Smartronix was awarded a contract worth $18 million by the General Services Administration on Wednesday, July 9. The contract was awarded to redesign the transparency Web site, Recovery.gov, which is the federal site designated to track for the American public how stimulus funds are spent.

6 Comments as of 7/16/2009 9:15 AM, Last Comment by alecto