Tide Talks Collaboration with the Liberty Tech Bridge
The Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) Program Office (PMA-251) and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst
A collaborative dialogue between the NavalX Liberty Tech Bridge at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, and the NavalX Southern Maryland Tech Bridge at TechPort in Patuxent River, Maryland. This event featured Captain Mike Kline, Program Manager, Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) Program Office (PMA-251), and Mr. Joseph Hader, Program Director Department Head Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment. They discussed the relationship between PMA-251 and NAWCAD Lakehurst and gave valuable insights into how industry can support ALRE and the warfighter.
PMA-251 provides life-cycle acquisition management for Navy and Marine Corps systems and equipment utilized for the launch and recovery of current and future fixed and rotary wing aircraft. ALRE products include catapults, arresting gear, helicopter landing systems, wind measuring systems, aviation-based information systems, aviation marking and lighting, recovery systems and visual landing aids, aircraft firefighting equipment, and expeditionary airfield systems and related products.
NAWCAD Lakehurst is the Navy’s engineering support activity for ALRE and Naval Aviation Support Equipment (SE), Lakehurst is the critical link between Naval Aviation and Navy Aircraft Carrier (CV) Battle Groups worldwide. NAWCAD Lakehurst is responsible for maintaining fleet support and infusing modern technology across the entire spectrum of equipment needed to launch, land and maintain aircraft from ships at sea.
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