Patuxent Area Operation
Patuxent Area Operation
Overview
The Patuxent River Area Operation was created to provide aircraft survivability and system safety support to the Naval Air Systems Command, specifically, the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Survivability Branch. Since that time, the Patuxent River Area Operation has developed extensive modeling and simulation (M&S) verification, validation, and accreditation (VV&A) capability. Most of the support now includes the Digital Analytics, Infrastructure, and Technology Advancement Group through the VV&A Branch, with projects involving numerous U.S. Department of Defense programs over the years such as the F-35 Joint Simulation Environment, F/A-18, MQ-25 Stingray, MQ‑4C Triton, CH-53K, Next-Generation Jammer, and others. Patuxent River Area Operation employees have wide-ranging expertise in all stages of VV&A, from initial planning and execution through reporting and completion. VV&A subject matter expertise is leveraged via M&S risk assessments, data science and data analytics capabilities, software testing, M&S evaluations, and technical writing.
