Communications facilities in CA
4 facilities
Audio Visual Center
Edwards AFB, CA
The Center is housed in a modern audiovisual facility. Features include a backup generator with an uninterrupted power supply battery backup, modern environmental system to handle waste photographic chemicals, potential to recirculate the wash water from each still photographic and motion picture processor, processing of classified video and electronic graphic up to top secret/SAR, controlled access to the production areas through a card key system, separate classified area for still photographic printing and processing and a theater cleared up to secret SAR briefings.
EA-6B Electronic Attack Lab (EAL)
China Lake, CA
The lab develops and tests radar receivers/jammers, communication receivers/jammers, satellite communication systems, datalinks, and threat databases. The EA-6B is a unique, high-demand low-volume (HDLV) national asset that provides electronic attack for the Navy, Marines, and Air Force. We continuously improve the EA-6B through upgrades to the Operational Flight Programs (OFPs) and also provide support to engineering upgrades to weapons capabilities.
Fiber Optic Backbone Network
Edwards AFB, CA
The FOBN currently supports DS-3, DS-1, POTS, FDDI, Video, Frame Rely, X.25, DDS, Ethernet, and Telemetry (2-3 megabit data rates). The FOBN supports the Edwards Local Area Network (ELAN) system, which is in turn connected to the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN), global Internet, VCS network, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base network, Hill Air Force Base network, China Lake Naval Weapons Center network, McDonnell Douglas Corporate Network, MILNET, AFNET, and the Commercial Internet Exchange. The FOBN is also interfaced to the commercial telephone carriers such that any service offered by the commercial carriers is available via the FOBN.
Ridley Mission Control Center
Edwards AFB, CA
Ridley Mission Control Center (RMCC) is used as the command and control center for all flight test missions at the Air Force Flight Test Center. Aircraft ground tests, flight tests in the local area, or flight tests at distant test ranges can be monitored in any of RMCC's seven mission control rooms. The focus of RMCC activities is on real-time collection and display of flight test information, but pretest planning and preparation, and postmission data processing and analysis are also performed here. The following systems and capabilities in RMCC are used to support the AFFTC's mission: