Defense facilities in PA
26 facilities · 11 categories
Total Ship
Total Ship in PA →Computer Automatic Virtual Environment - CAVE Lab
Philadelphia, PA
The CAVE is a three-dimensional immersive modeling environment designed to support modeling and simulation of ship systems and equipment in lieu of expensive full-scale testing.
High Precision Dimensional Measurement Lab
Philadelphia, PA
Environmentally controlled room with measurement table and wide range of precision measurement gages, instrumentation. Able to measure numerous circular geometries: flatness (circumferential waviness), taper (radial slope), squareness (perpendicularity), parallelism, concentricity/eccentricity, roundness (circularity). Measure parts up to 36 in. diameter, 12 in. height and weight up to 1500 lbs. Able to measure parts with multiple diameters an/or faces, and continuous and/or interrupted surfaces. Parts having up to 45 interruptions can be measured without causing inaccuracies. Able to make comparison measurements between surfaces, or between surfaces and a common datum. Capable of high precision measurement of a wide variety of parts: seal parts, bearing parts, hydraulic parts, optical parts, servo parts, motor parts, electronic parts, pistons, machine parts, die parts.
Large Scale Machinery Anechoic Chamber
Philadelphia, PA
Acoustically Isolated concrete floor on pilings with a 700 PSF load rating. Climate controlled. Acoustically treated overhead crane with 20 Ton lift capacity. Large acoustically treated door with a 16 ft. wide by 18 ft. high opening. Both Clean and standard electrical power (440 Volt) are available to run machinery. 1000 KVA capability. Up to 20 MBTU/hr of cooling water is available for test machinery. Both High (3000 psi) and low (125 psi) air supply available. HVAC equipped. Separate data acquisition rooms.
Large Scale Machinery Ante Room
Philadelphia, PA
Concrete floor on pilings with a 700 PSF load rating. 20 ton overhead crane. Both clean and standard electrical power (440 Volt) are available to run machinery . 1000 KVA capability. Up to 6 MW of cooling water is available for test machinery. Both high (3000 psi) and low (125 psi) air supply available. HVAC equipped. Separate data acquisition rooms.
Mechanical & Acoustic Measurements Lab
Philadelphia, PA
This facility is used for system development and testing of small-scale structures in the areas of Structural analysis, strain gages, mechanical impedance, acoustics. Testing and evaluation of LBES electronic boards from a DDG class ship to determine if these boards need to be repaired and returned to active status. Perform Airborne Noise Measurements on the DD(X) and Land Based Engineering Site (LBES).
Reduced Scale Advanced Demonstrator
Philadelphia, PA
The test facility is used for testing and development of new equipment and software associated with future chill water and automated fire suppression systems. This reduced scale, closed loop, reconfigurable system provides for the testing, evaluation and demonstration of advanced control algorithms using central and distributed control hierarchical architectures for distributed shipboard auxiliaries.
Electrotechnology
Electrotechnology in PA →Current Collector Technologies Lab
Philadelphia, PA
Power: 200 kW @ 480 V, 60 Hz, 3 Phase Cooling water system (20gpm). Rectified Power Supplies from 0-120,000 Amps. CO2 supply and distribution equipment. Motors/Generators to provide inertial/electrical loads. Large Magnetic Field Capabilities and Power Supplies. Filtered cooling/heating water supplies. Variable Speed and Direction Test Stands. Data acquisition, processing and display equipment.
Electrical Equipment R&D; Labs A&B;
Philadelphia, PA
A bench-top environment that allows electrical system equipment to be analyzed - part of an integrated, flexible, power distribution system incorporating generators, variable frequency and DC power sources, and computer-controlled switching and routing of power in support of a wide range of testing and research.
Flex Lab A
Philadelphia, PA
Conduct performance testing and characterization of reduced scale and full scale Navy and Maritime electrical distribution systems - part of an integrated, flexible, power distribution system incorporating generators, variable frequency and DC power sources, and computer-controlled switching and routing of power in support of a wide range of testing and research.
Ship Systems Survivability Test Site
Philadelphia, PA
Multipurpose test range for supporting gun firing, rail launching, compressed air launching, and static detonation up to 25 pounds TNT.
Unassigned
Unassigned in PA →Automated Low Pressure Air Facility
Philadelphia, PA
Autonomic operation and reconfiguration of air systems. Lonworks controlled automated valves. NSWC authored software code in Neuron C. NSWC designed man-machine interface in Visual Basic. Produce system data used to validate simulation model.
Distributed Heterogeneous Simulation Lab
Philadelphia, PA
23 advanced computer systems interconnected for parallel processing in support of multiple modeling and simlation software programs such as ACSL, ASMG, C/C++, Fortran, MATLAB/Simulink, PSPICESABER.
Resilient Mount Test Facility
Philadelphia, PA
Can measure quasi-static and low frequency dynamic characteristics of resilient devices with load capacities up to 50,000 pounds while in loaded condition. Have the capability and experience in measuring mechanical impedance and mobility on a wide range of sizes of Navy and commercial resilient mounts, damping materials and shock snubbers ranging from several pounds up to 50,000 pound capacity. Have ability to conduct long-term drift tests in temperature-controlled environment.
Energy Technologies
Energy Technologies in PA →Fuel Cell Lab
Philadelphia, PA
Up to Approximately 500 kW Power Level. Hydrogen Fuel Supply. Compressed Air supply. Inert Gas Supply. Cooling Water Supply.
Power Electronics Lab
Philadelphia, PA
110, 208, 220, 480 VAC 60 Hz electrical power to supply equipment under test. Up to 200 A @ 480 VAC, 60 Hz. Various DC supplies available for equipment under test. Control/drive circuit prototyping hardware. Solder/de-solder stations. High power conversion assembly and test equipment. Power semiconductor device characterization equipment with access to electrical sources and loads via interface with Electrical Systems R&D; Lab B.
Small Engine RDT&E; Facility
Philadelphia, PA
Perform research, development, test and evaluation of advanced technologies to increase power and efficiency and reduce emissions of small engines and power generation systems.
Manufacturing Technology
Manufacturing Technology in PA →Advanced Fan Development Facility
Philadelphia, PA
Airflow measurement. Pressure measurements. Laser Doppler velocimetry. Flow visualization. Turbulence intensity. Autocad. Evaluation of commercial and MIL-SPEC fans for rating.
Vibration Testing & Analysis Support Facility
Philadelphia, PA
Maintaining several complete vibration data acquisition systems for supporting in-house/land-based and shipboard testing. Evaluation of new mounting/attachment techniques: accelerometers, mounting disks, and adhesives. Low noise cable fabrication. Maintaining several data/signal analysis and reduction systems for supporting in-house/land-based and shipboard testing. All vibration data acquisition equipment located and developed in the facility.
Propulsion
Propulsion in PA →Electric Propulsion R&D; Lab
Philadelphia, PA
Conduct performance testing and characterization of reduced scale and full-scale electric propulsion systems. May be used to develop, test or evaluate classified or proprietary technologies. The designation above refers only to the lab per se.
Medium Voltage Test Site
Philadelphia, PA
The facility power electronics can be reconfigured to perform proof-of-concept demonstrations of new converter topologies, advanced system architectures, medium voltage phase legs and components. The facility has 46MVAs worth of power electronics.