Defense facilities in DC
132 facilities · 23 categories
Space Science Technology
Space Science Technology in DC →Blossom Point Satellite Tracking and Command Station
Washington, DC
Class 100 Clean Room Facility
Washington, DC
Midway Research Center (MRC) Precision Spacecraft Calibration Facility
Washington, DC
Modal Survey Test Facility (MSTF)
Washington, DC
Payload Processing Facility (PPF)
Washington, DC
Reshape Facility
Washington, DC
Acoustics
Acoustics in DC →Acoustic Communications Measurement System (ACOMMS)
Washington, DC
Autonomous Acoustic Receiver (AAR) System
Washington, DC
Compact Antenna Range Facility
Washington, DC
Instrumentation Suite for Making Measurements of Acoustic Propagation in Complex Shallow Water
Washington, DC
Isolation Measurement Chamber Facility
Washington, DC
Laboratory for Structural Acoustics
Washington, DC
Computer Systems
Computer Systems in DC →Distributed Center for High Performance Computing
Washington, DC
Distributed Collaborative Engineering Environment
Washington, DC
Fleet Information Systems Security Technology Lab
Washington, DC
John B. Hovermale Modeling, Database, and Visualization Laboratory
Washington, DC
Motion Imagery Laboratory (MIL)
Washington, DC
Moving-Map Composer (MMC) Facility
Washington, DC
Electronic Warfare
Electronic Warfare in DC →Advanced Tactical Electronic Warfare Environment Simulator (ATEWES)
Washington, DC
Flying Electronic Warfare Laboratory
Washington, DC
Infrared (IR) Missile Simulator and Development
Washington, DC
Infrared/Electro-Optical Calibration and Characterization Laboratory
Washington, DC
Low-Power Anechoic Chamber
Washington, DC
Millimeter Wave Anechoic Chamber Facility
Washington, DC
Materials
Materials in DC →Atomic Force Microscope
Washington, DC
Compound Semiconductor Processing Facility
Washington, DC
Computer-Controlled Universal Material Test System
Washington, DC
Corrosion Engineering and Coatings Characterization Facilities
Washington, DC
Fire Research Test Bed
Washington, DC
High-Frequency Microwave Processing of Materials Laboratory
Washington, DC
Fiber Optics
Fiber Optics in DC →Fiber Fabrication Facility for Non-Oxide and Specialty
Washington, DC
Fiber Optic Optical-Microwave Laboratory
Washington, DC
Fiber-Optic Sensor Facility
Washington, DC
Focal Plane Array Evaluation Facility
Washington, DC
Infrared Range Facility
Washington, DC
IRCM Techniques Laboratory
Washington, DC
Chemistry
Chemistry in DC →3-MV Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator
Washington, DC
Advanced Microscopy Facility
Washington, DC
Automatic X-ray Diffractometers
Washington, DC
Chemical Analysis Facility
Washington, DC
Ion Implantation Facility
Washington, DC
Liquid Crystal Fabrication Facility
Washington, DC
Radar
Radar in DC →Airborne Early Warning Radar Facility
Washington, DC
Compact Range Facility
Washington, DC
Microwave Microscope (MWM)
Washington, DC
Millimeter Wave Radar Facility
Washington, DC
Radar Imaging Facility
Washington, DC
Radar Signature Calculation Facility
Washington, DC
Physics, Physical Science
Physics, Physical Science in DC →Electron Microscopy Center
Washington, DC
High-Power Microwave (HPM) Facility
Washington, DC
Large Area Plasma Processing System (LAPPS)
Washington, DC
Long Pulse Accelerator Laboratory
Washington, DC
Ruth H. Hooker Research Library
Washington, DC
Sediment Physical and Geoacoustics Properties and Sediment Biogeochemistry Laboratories
Washington, DC
Ocean & Atmosphere
Ocean & Atmosphere in DC →Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO)
Washington, DC
Littoral Current Measurement Facility
Washington, DC
Ocean Dynamics and Prediction Branch Visualization Laboratory
Washington, DC
Ocean Dynamics and Prediction Network
Washington, DC
Ocean Optics Instrumentation Systems
Washington, DC
Scanning Slope Sensing and Wave Guage Array Buoy (SSSWGAB)
Washington, DC
Lasers
Lasers in DC →Electra Laser Facility
Washington, DC
Nike KrF Laser Facility
Washington, DC
Pharos Laser System
Washington, DC
T-Cubed Laser System
Washington, DC
Ultrafast Laser Facility (ULF)
Washington, DC
Ship Hull Systems
Ship Hull Systems in DC →Optics
Optics in DC →Electro-Optics (E/O) Mobile Laboratory
Washington, DC
Free Surface Hydrodynamics Laboratory
Washington, DC
Naval Prototype Optical Interferometer (NPOI)
Washington, DC
Optical Spectral Measurements Facility
Washington, DC
Science
Science in DC →Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer (FAME)
Washington D.C., DC
FAME is an astrometric satellite designed to determine with unprecedented accuracy the positions, distances, and motions of 40 million stars within our galactic neighborhood. It is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and several other institutions (see About FAME). FAME will measure stellar positions to less than 50 microarcseconds. (To put this angle in perspective, the width of a typical strand of human hair would subtend 50 microarcseconds if you were viewing it from a distance of 130-190 miles.)
Meteorological Computing and Archival Facility
Washington, DC
Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer
Washington D.C., DC
Since the invention of the telescope, astronomers have been striving for clearer definition of the objects they observe; this has led to the development of larger and larger telescopes. As we increase the size of a telescope, faint objects become easier to see and the detail seen in the object improves as well. The physical effect that limits the resolution of a telescope is called diffraction with the amount of diffraction decreasing with increasing telescope size and vice versa. To illustrate this behavior let's consider a pair of stars lying close together on the sky. One such pair could be the binary star system Mizar, visible to the naked eye and found in the handle of the Big Dipper. In the figures to the right, we have shown the hierarchy of stars in the Big Dipper to aid the reader in understanding the Mizar system. Mizar lies very close to Alcor, another naked eye star, and both may be seen as distinct stars by the unaided eye. This visual pair of stars is not physically connected by gravity. Mizar itself is a pair of stars, Mizar A and Mizar B, that are separated by about 14 seconds of arc, too close to be seen by the naked eye as a distinct pair. The eye, which has a resolution of about 2 minutes of arc, discerns the Mizar star system as a single star. However, with modest optical aids (binoculars, for example) it is resolved into a close pair. <br.< br>
Precision Clock Evaluation Facility (PCEF)
Washington, DC