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The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAVAIRWARCENACDIV) was established in October 1993 as a result of a reorganization of five predecessor Navy research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) centers. NAWCAD hosts unique R&D aircraft systems laboratories and test facilities, serving the needs of the U.S. Navy, as well as other services, federal agencies, foreign customers, and commercial entities. The complex at Patuxent River, Md. ( NAVAIRWARCENACDIV) includes research and engineering disciplines of systems engineering, air vehicles, propulsion, avionics, crew systems, and test and evaluation. Life cycle communications expertise for multiple platforms resides at the St. Inigoes, Md. annex. The Key West, Fla. detachment provides testing of developmental anti- submarine warfare hardware in the open ocean environment.
Mission
NAVAIRWARCENACDIV is the principal research, development, test,
evaluation and fleet support activity for manned and unmanned Naval
aircraft for the Navy and Department of Defense (DoD) This includes:
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Air Vehicles
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Propulsion Systems
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Avionics
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Mission Systems
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Human Systems
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Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Landing Systems Air Traffic
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Control Communications Ship/Shore/Air Operations Training Systems
Additionally, NAVAIRWARCENACDIV provides support as needed to other
Naval Commands, DoD activities, Federal Agencies, and Coalition forces
in response to national security needs.
Technology Disciplines
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LIDAR Research & Development Lab
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The LIDAR Research and Development labs are used to investigate and improve LIDAR components such as laser sources, optical signal detectors and optical filters. The labs are also used to prototype LIDAR systems for Naval applications. The LIDAR Research and Development labs are specialized facilities that can be utilized by engineers and scientists to improve and prototype LIDAR components and systems. The LIDAR Research facilities can support work on several component studies and one system integration project simultaneously.
Low Pressure Burner Rig Facility
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The Low Pressure Burner Rig Facility provides DoD and industry with a rapid and affordable means of evaluating materials in the Navy's harsh environment. This facility simulates a variety of propulsion environments. The automated computer system can be programmed to simulate throttle up and cruise conditions of engines. Important environmental effects can be accurately tested with this device. Salt fog, moisture or particles can be injected into the flame and impact the specimens. The data generated from this apparatus has permitted new material systems such as Ceramic Matrix Composites to be screened for engine applications.
Magnetic Media Lab
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This lab specializes in tape certification and performance characterization of high density digital tape and isprepared to support the certification of standard size magnetic tapes. It can handle a full range of failure mode analyses with available equipment.If a non-standard size tape is required, a tape recorder capable of handling this tape would have to be integrated into the automated bit error testing systems. Software modification may be required for some tasks. The Magnetic Media lab personnel are expertswhen it comes to ensuring magnetic tape is 100% error free for program's critical performance requirements. In the present magnetic tape market, and for the number of certified tapes needed, this is not a capability duplicated anywhere in government or private industry.
Magnetics Processing
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The Magnetics Processing Lab equipped to perform testing of magnetometers, integrate them into aircraft systems, and perform data analysis, including noise reduction and detection. This lab istheNavy's premier site for airborne magnetics development. Key personnel have up to 30 years of experience in the field, and they were instrumental in the development of the current 208 magnetometer airborne system. Recent work includes system integration of a new laser pumped total field magnetometer system that has 0.3pT/root(Hz)sensitivity. In addition, the Magnetics Processing lab has expertise in testing airborne magnetic sensors/systems and in developing data collection hardware/software andin systems integration of new sensors into Naval aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. It is also a world leader in the development of noise reduction algorithms.
Manned Flight Simulator (MFS)
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The Aircraft Simulation Division, home to the Manned Flight Simulator (MFS), provides real-time, high fidelity, hardware-in-the-loop flight simulation capabilities to support aircraft system ground and flight test activities. The simulators are used for flying qualities and performance evaluations, avionics integration testing, mission scenario rehearsal, accident investigations, prototype evaluations, installed systems testing, and prototype simulator design. The simulation capabilities MFS offers have proven to be a viable alternative or valuable complement to in-flight testing by providing quality engineering results at reduced costs for customers. MFS is used as an engineering tool throughout a program's life cycle to perform research, development, test and evaluation of hardware, software or their integration. The hardware and software that is designed, developed and integrated within MFS follows a generic, modular approach accommodating growth, changeability and the continual infusion of leading-edge technology. In many cases, solutions that are developed using in-house aircraft systems are seamlessly transferred to the platform as current simulations combine high-fidelity flight dynamics models as well as actual flight control hardware, avionics and display systems. The architecture supports independent or internal joint simulations, distributed mission scenarios with other laboratories located within the Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility, or via direct interconnection with hardware-in-the-loop stimulation labs throughout the country. In addition, this facility utilizes aircraft HW in the High-Fidelity Cockpits, State-of-the-art Visualization Systems, Integrated Avionics Environment, and does prototype trainer design, development and manufacture. Asset List: Nine cockpits are available at Manned Flight Simulator and are interchangeable among eight stations based on test requirements F/A-18 A/C (single seat) F/A-18 E/F/G (dual seat) MV-22 CH-53E F-35 Joint Strike Fighter MH-60 R/S Multi-Mission Helicopter Advanced Mine Countermeasures operator station Single and dual side-by-side crewed reconfigurable cockpits capable of representing both fixed and rotary wing aircraft.
Mass Properties Facility
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This facility is used to acquire accurate weight, 3 axis center of gravity and 3 axis moment of inertia measurements for air launched munitions and armament equipment.
Microstructural Analysis Lab
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The Microstructural Analysis Lab specializes in failure analysis, material testing specimen analysis, alloy and ceramic material development. Asset List: JEOL JSM 6460LV Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Provides high magnification images of material surfaces Used extensively for failure analyses Integrated with energy and wavelength dispersive X-ray spectrometers (EDS/WDS) for compositional analysis of samples JEOL JSM 5800LV Scanning Electron Microscope Oxford Energy and Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Spectrometers Panalytic X-ray Diffractometer JEOL JEM 2100 Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Provides extremely high magnification images of the internal structure of materials. Used in the analysis of newly developed metal alloys Integrated with an EDS for compositional analysis Nikon Epiphot Metallurgical Microscopes
Military Packaging Laboratory
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The Military Packaging laboratory is divided into 2 primary qualification testing areas:material and containers. Key materials testing capabilities and equipment located at Lakehurst include: Electrostatic Decay Surface Resistivity Triboelectric Charge Generation Electromagnetic Interference Watervapor Transmission Rate Oxygen Transmission Rate Tensile & Compression (Breaking, Elongation, Puncture, Bursting & Tear) Contact Corrosivity Vapor Inhibitor Ability. Key container testing capabilities and equipment include: Shock Vibration Superimposed Loading Leak Hoisting Handling Asset List: Static Decay Control Unit, Faraday Cage, Environmental Chamber: Tests for a material's ability to dissipate a 5000 volt charge within 2 seconds Resistivity Probe, Digital Teraohmmeter, Environmental Chamber:Tests for the electrical resistance of barrier materials and cushioning materials EMI Chamber, Signal Generator, Spectrum Analyzer, Antennae:Tests for a material's ability to provide a 25dB minimum attenuation a 1 - 10 GHz range Shielded Bag Test Fixture, Electrostatic Charge Generator, Digital Oscilloscope: Tests for a material's ability to attenuate 97% of a discharged pulse of 1000 volts MOCON OXTRAN 2/21: Detects and measures extremely small amounts of oxygen as it passes through barrier materials (films) MOCON PERMATRAN-W 3/31:Tests for extremely low transmission of water vapor through barrier materials under certain conditions of temperature, humidity, and flow rates
Mission Computer & Open Systems Architecture
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The Mission Computer & Open Systems Architecture (OSA) labprovides expertise in engineering, software support activity and fleet support team lab for the AYK-14 Standard Airborne Computer. In addition, this lab supports open systems technology validation, advanced mission computer, benefit/use by customer, consulting services to Navy fleet, military equipment manufacturers and military product programs, equipment and software validation, software product development, test and evaluation, and OSA concept evaluation capability.
MK-7 Arresting Gear
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Completed in 1961, the MK-7 arresting gear is operated and maintained by Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23). This underground installation accommodates structural tests and aircraft/arresting gear compatibility studies with all models of carrier aircraft in the US Navy. Due to limited deck space aboard an aircraft carrier, recovery equipment is required to shorten the aircraft landing distance. The MK-7 arresting gear is a hydraulic-mechanical engine used to arrest airplanes up to 50,000 pounds gross weight and at engaging speeds of 175 mph. Despite its age, the MK-7 has gone through continuous upgrades and is representative of the arresting gear used on today's aircraft carriers. The primary use of the MK-7 arresting gear is to ensure the aircraft systems remain functional and the aircraft structure can withstand the loads imparted during the arrested landing.
