June 4, 2026

MedStar St. Mary’s, Sabre Systems Win Leading Edge Honors

Leading Edge award trophy crop

Hospital honored for education partnership; Sabre honored as Pax Partnership Firm of the Year.

A Second Look at NAWC’s Second Life

NAWC Second Life Hangar 2

NAWC’s Future Workforce Technologies and Strategies office shows off its latest version of virtual Pax River.

NAWCAD Prepares College Students for Careers at Pax River

NAWCAD work study

The Southern Maryland – Mechanical Engineering program provides on-the-job training for students wishing to work at the nearby naval base.

A Rapidly Changing Future Requires Adaptive Leadership

Dale Moore brown bag lunch

Dale Moore, NAVAIR’s head strategic planner, urges the contractors to anticipate the need to change.

Tour the Virtual World of NAWCAD

virtual pax river in second life

Dr. Karen Cooper leads a NAWCAD strategic studies team in future workforce efforts and virtual world exploration.

Have Some Strategic Thinking with Your Lunch

Dale Moore

Dale Moore, NAVAIR’s Director for Strategic Initiative Coordination and Execution, to hold another brown bag discussion.

Warfare Systems Chief Calls on Congress to Act

Vice Admiral William R. Burke

Vice Adm. Burke says lawmakers need to fix the budget, or the Navy will face harsh cuts.

Pentagon Wants to Preserve Rapid Prototyping Ability

tigershark uav

Military panel says slowdown in war funding should not result in loss of rapid acquisition ability.

Patuxent Partnership Announces Annual Dinner

Vice Admiral William R. Burke

The keynote speaker will be Vice Admiral William R. Burke, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Warfare Systems.

Scholars, Contractors Debate Drone Ethics

Pax Defense Forum - Tim Heely

Both academics and military thinkers agree we’re a long way from autonomous drones, but agree the ethical debate should start now.