Communications facilities in NY
6 facilities
Advanced Ka Band SATCOM Test Facility
Rome, NY
The facility comprises a fixed ground station with a 1.8 meter dish, connected via optical fiber to the inside of Building 3. Current activities include the development of a small tracking antenna capability for mobile applications, and the fabrication of more compact terminal hardware for man-portability.
Newport Antenna Research and Measurement Facility
Rome, NY
Antennas and antenna systems can be evaluated in three ways: "free space" performance, radiation pattern changes due to airframe effects, and a measurement of antenna-to-antenna isolation (coupling). The facility, located 26 miles east of AFRL's Rome Research Site consists of two hilltops (Irish and Tanner) with six data gathering locations and ten measurement ranges with complete fiber optic connections at the facility ranging from 7250 foot far field range to shorter ground reflection ranges covering the frequency bands of 60 MHz to 60 GHz. The two hills are 1.5 miles apart with a 430 foot valley in between. Transmit and receive equipment and heavy duty three-axis aircraft pedestals are located on each hilltop. Each hilltop has an airframe storage/work building, which allows airframes to be modified and prepared for measurements on site. The assets include full size F-22, F-111, F-16, F-15, A-10, F-4 airframes, Comanche Helicopter, and the forward and aft sections of the B-1B, C-130, KC-135 and B-52 along with a variety of ground planes up to 40 feet in diameter.
SATCOM Rooftop Testbed
Rome, NY
A “Rooftop” testbed ground facility provides the backbone of the SATCOM research. The testbed is equipped with an array of SATCOM systems, including the Milstar ARC-208 Airborne Command Post (ABCP) satellite terminals, various UHF/SHF/EHF subsystems and a multiple element antenna farm.
Satellite Communications Testbed
Rome, NY
A highly modified C-135 SATCOM test aircraft provides an airborne testbed. The aircraft is equipped with an array of SATCOM systems, including the Milstar ARC-208 Airborne Command Post (ABCP) satellite terminals, and various UHF/SHF/EHF subsystems. The C-135 testbed has been used to evaluate worldwide propagation problems, such as multipath fading, ionospheric scintillation fading, rain attenuation, and low-elevation atmospheric attenuation. The aircraft has also been used to evaluate the dependence of link performance on aircraft dynamics, and has accomplished extensive protocol, modulation, and interoperability testing.
Speech and Audio Processing
Rome, NY
The facility supports research, development, test and evaluation in the following speech processing technologies: Speaker Recognition, Language Translation, Signal Enhancement, Voice Transformation, Correlation, Speech Compression, Machine Interfaces, Platform Identification. The facility further supports evaluation of contractor supplied systems and/or algorithms for operational user, and database collection and analysis.
Stockbridge Antenna Measurement and Research Facility
Rome, NY
The Stockbridge Antenna Measurement Facility is located 23 miles southwest of AFRL¹s Rome Research Site. This unique measurement facility is designed to evaluate the antenna systems of full-size large airframes such as the C-130. The installed antenna patterns, system-to-system coupling and the effects of special materials, radomes and installation locations are evaluated. The facility consists of an extremely heavy-duty turntable with a 200 ft arched measurement probe system that provides hemispherical antenna coverage evaluations. Fixtures are also available to install ground wheeled vehicles on the turntable to evaluate installed antenna performance.