Electrotechnology facilities in AZ
4 facilities
Antenna Test Facility
Fort Huachuca, AZ
Antenna Tower: A 114 foot wooden Antenna Tower is located 500 feet from the Arc. An additional 30 foot turntable capable of 60 tons is located another 500 feet further from the Arc. The tower, centered between the Arc and small turntable, is equipped with antenna sleds on those two sides. The sleds allow elevation of test or measurement antennas between ground level and 100 feet. These assets, in concert with numerous surveyed points forming a semi-circle around the small turntable, provide RF signal and test item position capabilities for conducting specialized test of direction finding, emitter identification and other RF signal processing systems.
Battlefield Electromagnetic Environments Office (BEEO)
Fort Huachuca, AZ
BEEO develops database capabilities for customers to include format and content, equipment characteristics, communications-electronic systems configurations, organizational data such as basis of issue, tactical concepts and doctrine (US, NATO, and Threat forces), and threat documentation.
COSPAS-SARSAT Beacon Certification Facility
Fort Huachuca, AZ
EPG's COSPAS-SARSAT Beacon Certification Facility is one of five certification facilities in the world. Formal certifications are available for all beacon types and for all protocols (user and location). The EPG facility has GPS data/simulation for testing self-locating beacons. The facility can test antenna characterization and system characterization. To help support the beacon field-testing, EPG utilizes its Test Control Complex with over 1,000 1st order accuracy survey points and a position location system with GPS.
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and TEMPEST Test Facility
Fort Huachuca, AZ
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and TEMPEST testing are conducted at EPG’s Blacktail Canyon Test Facility in one of its two large 120 dB anechoic chambers or one of its two 100 dB semi-anechoic shielded rooms. The test facility is located in a radio frequency (RF) isolated area ideal for open-field EMI and EMC testing and has a frequency authorization that allows for outside susceptibility and EMC testing from 10 kHz to 40 GHz.