Defense facilities in IN
22 facilities · 12 categories
Weapon Systems
Weapon Systems in IN →Electronic Warfare Systems
Crane, IN
Provides technical leadership and execution throughout the lifecycle for air, ground, undersea, and surface EW, including SIGINT and IO systems. Leads research and development, system engineering, acquisition engineering and logistics, Test and Evaluation (T&E;), design verification, and TECHEVAL / OPEVAL for all surface and undersea EW elements, and for all ground and air EW capabilities. Develops EW system and element technical requirements. For surface and undersea EW, provides the cohesive EW element for Combat Systems Integration and supports the integration effort. Collaborates with other Warfare Center activities to facilitate the transition of new technologies into existing and planned EW capabilities. Supports higher level Combat System activities relative to the evolutionary acquisition strategy. Leads logistics support services for fielded air, surface and undersea EW systems including supply chain management, performance assessments, continual technical refresh, obsolescence management, configuration control, data management services, and maintenance, overhaul and depot repair.
Expeditionary Warfare Systems
Crane, IN
Technical Design Agent for the Marine Corps Combat Identification, Communication Data Link System and Direct Air Support Central Airborne Systems
Small Arms
Crane, IN
Special Operations Hardware
Crane, IN
Provides full spectrum (only limited basic research and exploratory development), life cycle support functions to provide safe, reliable and effective special missions hardware primarily for use by the individual Warfighter including weapons, munitions, and electronic systems for Special Operations and Expeditionary Forces. Support includes requirements analysis, design, rapid prototype, combat development, integration, deployment, engineering support, test and evaluation, qualification, failure analysis, acquisition, logistics and field support. Weapon systems include small arms (less than 20mm). Munitions include small arms ammunition, hand emplaced and man-portable anti-personnel and anti-material munitions. Electronic systems include electro-optic and visual augmentation sensors, electronic warfare, explosive detection, personnel and vehicle scanning and command and control systems. Hardware provides communications, surveillance, detection, tracking, targeting and engagement capabilities in support of special missions for Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security.
Strategic Systems Hardware
Crane, IN
Provides full spectrum life cycle management functions to provide safe, reliable and effective hardware, ordnance and power systems to the Strategic Missions Community. Provides design, development, test and evaluation, logistics management, and sustainment of mechanical, electrical, small ordnance and power systems to enhance or sustain the overall performance of the weapons system through out its life cycle. Provides design and development, technology insertion, modeling and simulation, acquisition support, obsolescence management, test and evaluation of high reliability products, quality evaluation, failure analysis, logistics support, demilitarization/disposal and sustainment functions for strategic missions electronics and ordnance systems.
Acoustics
Acoustics in IN →Acoustic Tank Facility - ATF2
Crane, IN
The Crane Acoustic Testing Facility consists of two surplus nuclear reactor vessels that were purchased, transported to Crane, and placed in service as acoustic test chambers in 1994. These stainless steel clad vessels extend the depth, frequency range of measurements, and access port size for testing over the original Anechoic Test Facility (ATF1).
Glendora Lake Hydro-Acoustic Test Facility
Crane, IN
The Glendora Lake Hydro-acoustic Test Facility provides a unique capability to functionally test devices that require the integration of ordnance with electronics and acoustics. Located in Sullivan, Indiana, the facility includes a 5200 ft long x 600 ft wide, 100 ft deep Hydro-acoustic Test Area. The Facility is equipped with Test Platforms, a VXI Data Acquisition System, a Target Range, a 100 ft Tow Rail, an Ordnance/Pyrotechnic Test Range, Test Support Building, Floating Pier, Air Deployment Range with Hot Air Balloon, and various support vehicles and items.
Electronic Warfare
Electronic Warfare in IN →Ordnance
Ordnance in IN →Conventional Ammunition
Crane, IN
The Conventional Ammunition Engineering technical capability provides in-service engineering and sustainment functions to provide safe, reliable and effective munitions to the Fleet and the Marine Corps.
Defense Security Systems
Crane, IN
Provides acquisition, acquisition engineering, test and evaluation, production engineering, in-service engineering (including alterations) and integrated logistics concepts to achieve total security solutions for safeguarding personnel, property and material aboard Navy ships and at Navy, Marine Corps and other DOD shore installations and activities. By coupling extensive knowledge of physical security with a workforce skilled in design, acquisition, logistics and integration, the capability acts as a technical agent providing dynamic, regionalized, integrated force protection solutions employing the latest in COTS electronic and physical security equipment.
Chemistry
Chemistry in IN →Elastomer Facility
Crane, IN
The Elastomer facility is equipped to handle a wide variety of elastomer materials, such as natural rubber, neoprene, Hypalon, nitrile rubber, EPDM, silicone, fluorosilicone, and polyurethane. We have the capability to develop new elastomer compounds from raw ingredients to meet specific requirements. A powder blender and three different open-mill mixers are available for development projects.
Infrared Countermeasures & Pyrotechnics
Crane, IN
Provides comprehensive life cycle management functions to provide safe, reliable and effective infrared countermeasures, countermeasures systems, and pyrotechnics for a variety of functions including platform self-protection, target enhancement, illumination and signaling and marking. Provides total life cycle support except research, development and scale-up of energetic materials for all Navy infrared countermeasures, countermeasures systems and pyrotechnics. Provides Navy expertise and leadership for infrared countermeasures, countermeasures systems, and pyrotechnics.
Energy Technologies
Energy Technologies in IN →Energy and Power Source
Crane, IN
Provides comprehensive life cycle management functions to provide safe, reliable and effective batteries and other energy storage and power source devices. Includes engineering expertise and facilities to provide industrial base support services for batteries and other energy storage and transfer devices (fuel cells, uninterrupted power supplies, solar cells, power supplies and ancillary equipment). Services include: product improvement, requirements definition, design, development, prototyping and limited production, acquisition and acquisition engineering, standardization, test and evaluation, safety certification of high energy battery systems including lithium technology, technology evaluation and insertion, production engineering, in-service engineering, obsolescence management, maintenance, Fleet training and system retirement.
Microwave Technologies
Crane, IN
Provides comprehensive life cycle management functions to provide safe, reliable and effective microwave technologies components, which include Solid State and Vacuum Electron (Microwave Tube) devices, for military Electronic Warfare, Sensor, and Communication systems. Includes research, design, acquisition engineering, procurement, testing and evaluation, qualification, failure analysis, sustainment, in service engineering, and engineering expertise necessary to develop, improve, and sustain military Electronic Warfare, Sensor, and Communication systems. Services provided include RDT&E;, AE and Sustainment of microwave technologies components utilizing the Systems Engineering process; Executive Agent for DOD Microwave Tubes; Navy Radar Microwave Tube acquisition engineering and in service engineering, including Fleet/ship problem investigations, system requirements determination, performance based logistics management, reliability and maintainability analysis, manufacturing audits, organic qualification testing of microwave technologies components, and specialized microwave laboratory test equipment design.