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Office of Research and Technology Applications
Rt. 547, Bldg. 150-2
Lakehurst, NJ 08733-5055
United StatesDescription
The Naval Air Warfare Center is one of the
Navy's largest research, engineering, development, test, and
evaluation complexes. Primarily a civilian organization, the Naval
Air Warfare Center has a military commanding officer, a civilian
director, and a staff of over 3,600, two-thirds of whom are
engineers, scientists, and technical personnel. Situated on 7,400
wooded acres in Lakehurst, N.J., the center is approximately 60
miles from Philadelphia and Atlantic City, 70 miles from New York
City, and 10 miles from New Jersey's famed seashore resorts. The
site has extensive engineering, research, and industrial
facilities; there are also well instrumented field test facilities
that are available nowhere else in the world. The center, which
supports fleet operations, serves as the Navy's aircraft platform
interface center of expertise.
Mission
The center's mission is to provide quality
products and services to the fleet in support of naval aviation. To
accomplish this, the center: Conducts programs of research,
engineering, development, system integration, limited production,
procurement, integrated logistic support management, and fleet
engineering support in aircraft launching, recovery, and landing
aid systems and support equipment and instrumentation used in
tests. Provides, operates and maintains test sites, facilities, and
support services for tests of the above systems and equipment and
conducts R&D of equipment and instrumentation used in tests.
Provides system engineering support services and supports DoD
standardization and specification programs. Provides services and
material and operates and maintains aviation and other facilities
in support of assigned programs and other activities and units as
designated by the appropriate authority. Testing Facilities
Available to Private Sector: Engineering the center's engineering
facilities are used to investigate and apply the latest advances in
such fields as highenergy technology; electronics; cryogenics;
synthetics; automatic test equipment; mechanical, electrical, and
electronic systems design; corrosion control; hydraulic and
lubrication systems; and optical systems. Research laboratory
facilities are used to explore such areas as metallurgy and
synthetic materials, advanced optics, nondestructive inspection,
acoustics, and state of the art electronic control systems. Test
and Evaluation test facilities perform a full range of development
and operational evaluations of equipment and aircraft. The
facilities include two steam catapults, shipboard and shoretype
arresting gear, a 12,000 foot runway, five highspeed jetcar test
tracks, and a helicopter test and evaluation complex. Computers
specialized computer personnel and the most modern, advanced
computer facilities support the research, engineering, and test
activities at the center. In addition to mathematical prediction
modeling, computations, and analytical programs, the computer
facility's digital incremental plotter provides a pictorial
representation of data, and its motion analyzer measures and
analyzes data directly from films of test sequences. Fabrication
the center's industrial facilities are used to fabricate
specialized hardware for catapults, arresting gear, visual landing
aids, and aircraft support equipment.
Technology Disciplines
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Visual Landing Aids (VLA) Laboratory
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Purpose: The Visual Landing Aids (VLA) Laboratory serves to support fleet VLA systems by maintaining the latest service change configuration of currently deployed VLA systems. The lab also is used to develop, fabricate and troubleshoot system problems. Function: The VLA Lab at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ houses and maintains shipboard representative VLA systems that are currently operating in the fleet and at land-based fields. Current VLA systems include: Improved Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System (IFLOLS), Manually Operated Visual Landing System (MOVLAS), Long Range Line-Up System (LRLS), marking and lighting fixtures, Landing Signal Officer Display System (LSODS), Integrated Launch and Recovery Television Surveillance (ILARTS) system, Horizon Reference Set (HRS), Vertical Short Take-Off and Landing (VSTOL) system, Helicopter Operations and Surveillance System (HOSS) and various other electronic systems. Capabilities: The VLA Lab consists of a large systems area, three small workshops, a storage room and an office and reference area located on the second deck. The VLA systems housed and maintained by the VLA Lab serve to support engineering investigations and provide fleet technical assistance. The lab is also capable of performing functional and qualification tests, shipboard hardware integration, system interoperability testing and rapid response to in-service fleet issues.
Aircraft Engine Test System (AETS) Laboratory
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Purpose: The Aircraft Engine Test System (AETS) Laboratory combines a variety of capabilities for the design, development, test, integration and in-service engineering of hardware and software for computer controlled naval aviation propulsion test systems. Function: The AETS Lab is located at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ where it houses the Jet Engine Test System Instrumentation (JETI), Shaft Engine Test System Instrumentation (SETI) and Turboprop Engine Test Instrumentation (TPTI) Engine Test Systems and General Purpose Electronic Test Equipment (GPETE). In addition to its system level capabilities, the AETS Lab also serves as a test bed for the design, development, validation and verification (VAL/VER) and integration of engine specific or test system hardware. The AETS Lab also functions as a test bed for engine specific test program set (TPS) development, integration and VAL/VER. The AETS Lab augments and mirrors the AETS Fleet Support Team (FST) function at NAWCAD Lakehurst. Capabilities: Housing the JETI/SETI/TPTI Engine Test Systems, the AETS Lab provides the capability to conduct systems engineering, in-service engineering, design and development, prototyping, testing and training functions for both hardware and software of the JETI/SETI/TPTI Engine Test Systems. The lab is also capable of defining and validating software requirements, replicating and conducting investigations of discrepancies found in fleet systems, developing/integrating/test proofing of concepts solutions for hardware and software discrepancies and developing/integrating/testing hardware and software Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) for the JETI/SETI/TPTI Engine Test Systems. The lab also provides the capabilities to perform technical publication validation and Physical Configuration Audit (PCA) on final drawing submittal.
Aircraft Wiring Support Equipment Integration Laboratory (AWSEIL)
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Purpose: The Aircraft Wiring Support Equipment Integration Laboratory (AWSEIL) provides a variety of research, design engineering and prototype fabrication services including hardware/software development and testing, electrical and mechanical aircraft wiring support equipment design, in-service engineering support and applied and transition research to support aircraft wiring Support Equipment (SE) development and sustainment on all U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft platforms. Function: The AWSEIL, located at Aircraft Platform Integration (API) Laboratory complex at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ, features a full range of laboratory test and measuring equipment for aircraft metallic wiring, such as electronic automatic wiring testers, electronic microscopes and Time Domain Reflectometers (TDRs), as well as a variety of equipment for the evaluation of fiber optic components. Additionally, the lab features a complete prototype and low rate wire and fiber optic rapid prototype fabrication capability, which uses Organizational- and Intermediate-level aircraft wiring tools and SE. The lab also consists of a comprehensive aircraft wiring information system, in a relational database, that contains the complete aircraft wiring system configurations of most U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Type-Model-Series aircraft. Capabilities: From in-service engineering support for fielded aircraft wiring system SE to rapid prototyping expertise, the AWSEIL at Lakehurst comprises many capabilities that are supported by highly specialized tools and assets. The AWSEIL has three Automated Wiring Harness Analyzer workstations, each with the capability to test more than 1,000 test points. These automated testers are used to detect shorts, opens, shielding anomalies and other faults and defects in wiring harnesses and wiring system components. Test Program Sets (TPS) are also developed to operate Automated Test Equipment (ATE) for analysis of aircraft wiring and Wiring Integration Assemblies (WIA). Utilizing a combination of the lab's general purpose test equipment, electronic microscopes, infrared sensors and ultrasonic detectors, AWSEIL personnel are able to inspect and evaluate a variety of wiring systems for faults or defects. The Just-In-Time Wiring Information System (JITWIS) database contains complete aircraft wiring system physical design information for most aircraft in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. In addition, the AWSEIL utilizes interferometers, braiding machines, a micro-miniature ESD workstation with microscope, MIL-STD-1553 Databus Tester Interface Adapter Cable Sets and a Wiring System Repair Tool Verification Set to accomplish its mission. The AWSEIL is a high-performing, ready and capable laboratory asset providing time critical support and adding value to the nation's Naval Aviation Enterprise.
Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) Software Center
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The Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) Software Center comprises testers and technologies to support DoD and commercial ATE. The lab is currently being enhanced to provide a tri-service electronics maintenance environment with the goals of improving weapon systems reliability, increasing situational awareness and reducing the logistics footprint through data cleansing, advanced diagnostics and prognostics, metrics reporting and trend identification. Function: The ATE facility at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ hosts a variety of DoD and Navy test systems. The lab is equipped with fleet representative Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) and Reconfigurable Transportable CASS (RTCASS) stations, as well as other systems used to modify, integrate, build and test changes to ATE software. Deployed ashore and afloat worldwide, CASS is the Navy's standard Automated Test System (ATS) for test and repair of naval aircraft electronic systems. The ATE Lab is presently being enhanced to host a variety of testers used in other branches of the DoD. Currently, the ATE facility is providing continuous support for the definition and development efforts to provide advanced test and diagnostics approaches and in turn reduce maintenance costs. Through the further development of the lab applications, the ATE facility will be able to support interconnectivity between the ATE Lab and other test and diagnostic labs at Lakehurst. Capabilities: The test stations and support equipment hosted at the ATE Lab facilitate support for Weapons Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs) and Shop Replaceable Assemblies (SRAs) by providing a wide variety of stimulus and measurement functionalities through well-defined interfaces. Thanks in part to its variety of testers, such as LM-STAR, CASS and RTCASS, the ATE facility is capable of supporting test systems across the Navy and industry. Future lab growth will include support for additional testers such as Electronic CASS (eCASS), Virtual Instrument Portable Equipment Repair/Tester (VIPER/T), Next Generation Automatic Test System (NGATS) and Versatile Depot Automatic Test Station (VDATS), or their emulators. The ATE Lab is developing the means to gather and store information related to diagnostic results across the Navy. This allows for rapid information sharing, simulation of fleet environments and remote diagnostics. The future integration and development of the lab environment will further enhance the lab capability, providing an approach which will allow data to be organized (via dashboards and reports) and utilized across competencies.
Aviation Data Management and Control System (ADMACS) Laboratory
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Purpose: The Aviation Data Management and Control System (ADMACS) Laboratory provides a variety of capabilities to support development efforts and in-service requirements to directly aid the fleet. Specifically, the ADMACS Laboratory is capable of developing, testing and providing life cycle support for data management systems for air and flight operations and aviation centers aboard aircraft carriers. Function: Through the use of mock-ups, the ADMACS Lab at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ is able to support the development, integration and testing of advanced concepts in ADMACS. Additionally, the ADMACS Lab utilizes mock-ups to provide system training to fleet personnel prior to system installation or as a refresher course as needed. Capabilities: Personnel in the ADMACS Lab combine their expertise to provide a variety of capabilities to their customers from requirements definition to a fielded system that tracks aircraft and helicopter status during recovery, launch and flight deck operation aboard aircraft carriers. The ADMACS Lab also provides a wide range of fleet-support capabilities such as in-service support, test and integration capabilities, prototyping and software support capabilities to name a few. Additionally, the lab is capable of mocking up air operations, Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCC), primary flight control and flight deck and hangar deck control spaces to simulate shipboard configuration environments, allowing the accomplishment of real-time workflow.
Aviation Information Systems Development Laboratory (AISDL)
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Purpose: The Aviation Information Systems Development Laboratory (AISDL) provides the tools, reconfigurability and support to ensure the quality and integrity of new system capabilities prior to production delivery to the ship. Specifically, the lab is essential to the integration of Aviation Data Management and Control System (ADMACS) and Moriah Wind Systems (MWS) with Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) systems. The lab provides the ideal 360-degree man-machine interface by allowing developers to access new systems from above, below, front, back and side. Function: Located at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ, the AISDL offers a variety of capabilities such as design verification, software verification, system integration, functional testing and complete system check-out prior to a ship's installation and deployment. The lab's interconnectivity capability with multiple user workstations allows for full system check-out and verification. Capabilities: Prior to deployment, the AISDL has the capability to perform a variety of critical pre-installation events to ensure safe and efficient operations. These critical pre-installation events include: Design Verification Testing (DVT), Functional Qualification Testing (FQT), Operational Assessment (OA) and Quality Assurance (QA). In addition, the lab can support the integration of special design equipment to accommodate the design and development of new programs/technology or changes to existing ones. Equipped with special power outlets, the AISDL can also accommodate any shipboard and shore-based power requirement.
Aviation Shipboard Operations Modeling and Simulation (ASOMS) Laboratory
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Purpose: It is the mission of the Aviation Shipboard Operations Modeling and Simulation (ASOMS) Laboratory to provide a means by which to virtually duplicate products and processes, and immerse them in operational environments by integrating a mix of system simulations and actual systems. This lab...
Carrier Analysis Lab (CAL) â Aircraft/Weapons/Ship Compatibility Lab
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Purpose: The Carrier Analysis Lab (CAL) - Aircraft/Weapons/Ship Compatibility Lab located at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ provides technical, engineering and programmatic capabilities to support and develop fully compatible aircraft, ship and weapons systems. Additionally, the CAL is the only capability outside of on-the-job-training to provide Aircraft Handling Officers with familiarity and informal training on operational deckflow efficiencies. Function: The CAL at Lakehurst uses a variety of hardware and software tools that aid in the assessment and measurement of operability, supportability, mission capability and readiness of deployed aircraft operating from aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, air capable surface combatants and emerging systems in the conceptual stage of development. The CAL also uses these tools in the lab's assessment of Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) systems' configuration and performance requirements with regard to flight deck design, aircraft size/geometry and deck handling characteristics. Capabilities: The CAL team is the Technical Warrant Holder (TWH) for shipboard deck cycle performance, airplan execution analysis, aircraft turnaround time analysis and Sortie Generation Rate (SGR) analysis. Often, CAL personnel will call upon the assistance of Fleet Process Teams to simulate at-sea operational scenarios which allow the assessment of newly introduced aircraft weapons systems, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) or Air Combat Element (ACE) complement changes and ship installed equipment changes to the ship environment. Such simulations are accomplished through the use of computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools and Quija board-like tables which feature scaled air vehicles/support equipment templates as well as an autonomous template tracking system that automatically documents the location and orientation of items on representative flight and main decks. The CAL has also developed, and maintains, the Seabasing Aviation Model (SAM) - a model which provides insight into capabilities and support requirements of sea-based aviation operations, particularly as they relate to embarked landing forces.
Circuit Card Test and Repair Systems (CCTARS) Laboratory
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Purpose: The Circuit Card Test and Repair Systems (CCTARS) Laboratory mission is to support fleet operational readiness through the development of high-quality diagnostic test routines for the test and repair of circuit cards. The CCTARS lab provides Engineering Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to the fleet with real-time technical support for hardware, software, test routines and troubleshooting circuit card assemblies (CCAs) and electronic modules (EMs). Function: The CCTARS Laboratory at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ provides high-quality diagnostics for the testing and repair of Shop Replaceable Assemblies (SRAs) for the fleet Intermediate Maintenance Activities (IMAs). The lab develops diagnostic test routine applications for SRA fault isolation and repair using the AN/USM-674 Huntron Protrack Model 20B and AN/USM-676 PinPoint IIR In-Circuit Functional Tester. The lab also provides technical support for the Conformal Coating Removal Workstation (CCR2000) that is used with the PinPoint. Test routines also include complete instructions on utilizing the test routine, CCA drawings, schematics and piece parts logistics. Software updates and test routines are deployed to the fleet on a quarterly basis to each IMA via DVD. The lab is actively developing test routines on SRAs not offloaded to Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) automatic test equipment (ATE) or slated for depot/Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) support. These test routines directly result in Aviation Depot Level Repairable (AVDLR) cost avoidance and reduce SRA beyond capable maintenance (BCM) actions at the Intermediate Level (I-Level). Further advantages of test routines include reduction of Flight Hour Program costs. The lab provides the fleet with real-time technical support for hardware, software, test routines and troubleshooting. The CCTARS lab is constantly working to enhance component level diagnostics and prognostics of circuit cards, and also supports the analysis and implementation of new emerging technologies into the existing equipment. CCTARS diagnostics lowers repair cost of the SRA, increases readiness due to increased availability of consumable/depot coded SRAs and provides additional test, check and repair to consumable and high BCM SRAs, ultimately providing solutions to uneconomical test strategies. Capabilities: The CCTARS Laboratory develops diagnostic test routines on both the AN/USM-674 Huntron Protrack and the AN/USM-676 PinPoint IIR In-Circuit Functional Tester for fleet IMAs. Test routines guide the technician to fault isolate failed devices on SRAs. This includes analog, digital and hybrid circuit cards. Test routines have the ability to break ambiguity groups from the CASS ATE Weapons Replaceable Assembly (WRA) box test and correctly identify the failed SRA. Additional capabilities of the CCTARS Lab include reverse engineering and schematic generation of CCAs, fleet tech assists, SRA candidate engineering analysis, technology research and development and managing obsolescence.
Electro-Optical Laboratory (EOL) and Laser Laboratory
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Purpose: The Electro-Optical Laboratory (EOL) and Laser Laboratory are collocated in the Aircraft Platform Interface (API) facility. The EOL provides a variety of capabilities from test and evaluation of Electro-Optical Sensor and Display systems to the prototyping and design of remote sensing equipment. The Laser Lab supports shipboard lighting systems across all Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) platforms and provides capabilities that span throughout the life cycle of ALRE optical and lighting systems. The Laser Lab conducts all radiometric based measurements; spectral response, color coordinates, transmission, reflectance, radiance and irradiance testing; and all NVIS measurements including NRa, NRb, NRIa and NRIb. Function: The EOL and Laser Laboratory not only share space, but they also share equipment, facilities and expertise to accomplish their missions. The Laser Lab, which meets all safety requirements of ANSI Z136.1, is a high-quality dark room that provides measurement equipment and a high-power Ti-Sapphire tunable LASER with lab facilities to accurately conduct measurements and evaluation of lighting and optical systems. The EOL provides the functionality and products required for its various capabilities such as the capability to develop test and evaluation tools for the Navy's Virtual Imaging System for Approach and Landing (VISUAL), an electro-optical sensor and display system that provides enhanced images of recovering aircraft aboard ships. Capabilities: The EOL's span of capabilities includes: design, prototyping, demonstration and testing of remote sensing equipment; development and testing of electro-optical tracking systems; infrared radiometric measurements; evaluation of imaging sensors; development, integration and test of display technologies and processing equipment for the Navy's Landing Signal Officer Display System; work with the CVN78 Integrated Launch and Recovery Testing and Surveillance (ILARTS) system; and work with the Improved Embarked Aircraft Tracking System (IEATS). The Laser Lab provides capabilities that can support and accommodate Night Vision compatible lighting; radiometric and photometric measurement and analysis; and flat panel display measurements for radiance (brightness) and color.
