NAS Patuxent River – VX-20

NAS Patuxent River – VX-20 poster art.

“Full Spectrum Flight Test for the Fleet!” VX-20 tests and evaluates aircraft and systems in support of their delivery to the Fleet; providing trained people, test ready aircraft, and access to state of the art facilities in support of the warfighting needs of the operating forces. VX-20, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Twenty, (AIRTEVRON TWO ZERO) is a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. VX-20 operates a variety of Naval aircraft for testing and evaluation of new technologies, including variants of the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, Boeing E-6 Mercury, Lockheed P-3 Orion, Grumman C-2 Greyhound, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, C-12 Huron, and Beechcraft T-6 Texan II. VX-20’s Lockheed Martin KC-130J Super Hercules tanker was used for flight tests of the Harvest HAWK weapon systems used to arm the tanker aircraft. Since 2010, VX-20 has been operating flight test models of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft.