Amentum Supports U.S. Navy at Patuxent River for More Than 47 Years
Amentum provides maintenance, modification, repair, and logistics for 100+ aircraft, weapons systems, and other support equipment for the Department of Defense and other government agencies at NAS Patuxent River, MD. Naval Test Wing Atlantic (NTWL) is the Navy’s principal flight and ground test activity for the development and acquisition of aircraft and aviation systems with a continual focus on war fighting requirements. We provide maintenance support for 4 test squadrons (VX-23, HX-21, VX-20, UX-24) and 31 different Type/Model/Series aircraft along with the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) where top pilots and engineers train in the art of test and evaluation, as well as primary SH-60 maintenance support for the Search and Rescue (SAR). As of 2021, Amentum, under its legacy company DynCorp International, has continuously provided maintenance and logistics support at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River for more than 48 years.
Project Highlights:
- Amentum has supported NTWL continuously since 1973.
- We support 12,000+ flying hours over 8,000+ sorties annually.
- Amentum manages a total of 100+ fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft simultaneously, which include F/A-18Cs, F/A-18Ds, F/A-18E, F/A-18Fs, E/A-18Gs, E-6B, C-38s, T-38Cs, T-6s, T-6A, P-8s, KC-130Ts, C-130T, KC-130J, C-27J, MV-22s, CV-22, V-22EMD, NU-1B, X-26s, U-6As, MQ-8Bs, MQ-8Cs, RQ-26s, RQ-21s, TH-57s, AH-1Zs, UH-1Ys, MH-60Rs, MH-60Ss, OH-58Cs, UH-60A and UH-60Ls.