| Address: |
Aberdeen Test Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5059 |
| Country: |
United States |
| Nearest big towns: |
Baltimore, Maryland |
Point of contact
| Name: |
Mr. Bert Garcia |
| Organization: |
Office, Secretary of Defense, SOLIC |
| Function: |
U.S. ITEP POC |
| Phone / Fax: |
+1 703-693-5223/+1 703-693-3039 |
| Email: |
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General information
| Indoor test area (m2): |
3 Closed Ranges, each 557 m2 Various Blast Spheres/Chambers |
| Outdoor test area (m2): |
295,431,000 m2. Water, low land with marsh areas, uplands with woods, open fields
Vehicle mounted mine detection area: 40,000 m2 located at the I-Field
Hand held detector area: 2500 m2 located at Range 16
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Particular constraints
| Working hours: |
0700-1630 Monday to Friday; overtime as required |
| Remarks: |
Advance scheduling desirable |
| Entrance requirements: |
Controlled access to test areas – security clearance required
Prior arrangements for non US citizen (Foreign Nationals)
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| Remarks: |
Demonstrators limited to two weeks per site test |
Logistics
| Mechanical workshop: |
Fabrication, Automotive, Weapon Repair, Aircraft |
| Remarks: |
Industrial X-Ray Facility, HE Explosive Plant & Geodetic Survey |
| Explosive allowed: |
Yes |
Fragmentation?: Yes |
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DoD Safety Standards for Quantity Distance Requirements apply |
| Services supplied: |
Electricity
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Fuel
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Water
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Compressed air
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Remarks: |
Multimedia, various laboratories, instrumentation, professional workers
Fiber communications at site, phone service, fax, e-mail |
| Canteen: |
Snack machines in some support buildings |
| Remarks: |
Fast and full food facilities in administrative area or off post. |
| Distance (km): |
Hotel: 10 km |
| Railway station: 10 km |
| Airport: Baltimore, MD (BWI) 60km/43mi; Philadelphia, PA (PHL) 110km/68mi; Washington DC (DCA) 132km/82mi; (IAD) 150km/93mi |
| Remarks: |
Close proximity to I-95 and U.S. Rt. 40 |
List of testing facilities available
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ATC utilizes an extensive array of test ranges/facilities (approximately 180 ranges/firing points) for testing a broad spectrum of military weapon systems and equipment including armored vehicles, guns, ammunition, mines, counter-mines, trucks, bridges, generators, night vision devices, individual equipment (boots, uniforms, helmets, etc.) and surface and underwater naval systems. ATC has certain facilities/ranges for:
- Vehicle mounted mine detector test facility at I-Field, Edgewood Area, APG
- Hand held mine detector facility located on Spesutie Island, Aberdeen Area, APG
- UXO detection facility
- Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site
- Ground target sites for Airborne magnetometer tests
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Completed, ongoing and planned test & evaluation projects
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On-going tests:
- Mine Protected Control Vehicle test
- Ground Stand-Off Mine Detection System (GSTAMIDS)
- Hand-Held Stand-Off Mine Detection System (HSTAMIDS)
- Airborne Stand-Off Mine Detection System (ASTAMIDS)
- SMART Mine Probe follow-on testing
Planned tests:
- Hand held and vehicle mounted UXO/mine sensor/detector equipment by demonstrators
- Wide-Area aerial passive magnetometer test
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Capabilities
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ATC has a comprehensive array of capabilities to include:
- Extensive vehicle test facilities
- Extensive munitions test facilities (firing barricades and ranges, environmental chambers,
underwater explosions and surface testing)
- Extensive heavy automotive maintenance facility, weld shop, machine shop
- Complete instrumentation capability, both automotive and ballistics as well as extensive high speed
and industrial photography.
- Evaluate systems for reliability, availability and maintenance
- Collect imagery and spectral data across electromagnetic spectrum
- Fire suppression and environmental studies/test
- Toxic fumes studies and analysis (Chemistry)
- Materials and evaluation testing (Chemistry)
- Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
- Fuels and Oils Laboratory (Chemistry)
- Phillips Army Airfield
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