372 All range equipment associated with the test and evaluation program plus environmental test and supporting shop equipment. Major off-range launch areas include the Green River Launch Complex (Green River, Blanding and Gibson Butte, Utah) and Fort Wingate, New Mexico. Approximately 1100 precisely surveyed sites for permanent and mobile instrumentation are located on Range with approximately 700 optical and electronic instruments available to support Range Users requirements. Both real-time and deferred data analysis and processing capabilities are provided by two 7044/ 7094 Direct-Coupled Systems. Support systems include: calibration, communications, frequency monitoring, geodetics, meteorology, recovery, surveillance radar, television, timing, target and air support and photo-optical processing. Laboratory testing technology includes reliability and statistics, weapon system simulation, detection, discrimination and tracking, instrumentation and flight test support, chemical-metallographic, microbiological, climatic, nuclear effects, and warhead and special weapons. 9. COMMENT AND PUBLICATION REFERENCES: Information presented in 7 and 8 above covers only the broader aspects of the mission functions and capabilities of the laboratory. Much more detailed information can be obtained by contacting the laboratory directly. Unclassified brochures and reports are usually available. White Sands has a number of off-base test sites such as Blanding, Gilan Butte, Green River, many telemetry sites, etc. However these are normally unmanned with the exception of Green River. Green River is mainly operated by a contractor (Dynelectron). There are approximately 110 contractor personnel and about 20 to 25 government personnel on the site. . MAJOR FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES (Include COSATI Codes): Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is a Test and Evaluation Command facility responsible for (1) planning, conducting and supporting desert environmental tests of Army materiel; (2) planning and conducting engineer design, production and post-production tests and supporting research and development activity; (3) providing technical resources and support for Arctic environmental tests, directed. as The proving ground also has the mission of planning and conducting engineering tests of air-drop equipment and air delivery tests of other materiel. The climate, geography and air space of YPG offer an excellent combination of factors for tests of a wide variety of materiel. There is emphasis on vehicular tests on paved, gravel and cross-country courses, on munitions and weapons testing on two artillery ranges, and an air delivery testing on three especially prepared drop zones plus the Colorado River. 14-02 Methods and Equip Labs, Test Facilities and Test Equip., 04-Reliability. 19-01 Ordnance Ammunition, Explosives, and Pyrotechnics, 02-Bombs, 03-Combat Vehicles, 04-Explosions, Ballistics, and Armor, 05-Fire Control and Bombing Systems, 06-Guns, 07-Rockets. .ADDITIONAL COSATI CODES: SURVEY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES Conducted By THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION For The FEDERAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 373 374 The functional facilities of YPG include test and evaluation areas and equipment for proving munitions weapons, vehicles, techniques of air delivery, and various other types of Army materiel and procedures. Facilities include nearly one million acres of varied desert terrain, favorable assigned airspace (unlimited over the 60000-meter artillery range) use of Colorado River for water testing. Equipment avail. for test purposes includes electronic, photometric, phys. Meas and geodetic instr. associated with a general purpose proving ground. A small computer is installed for data reduction and analysis. Major equip. investments in field dynamometer, telemetry devices and cinetheodolites. Approximately 1200 people, both mil. and civ. assd., including about 100 prof. engrs. and skilled tech. 9. COMMENT AND PUBLICATION REFERENCES: Off-post test sites utilized by YPG include a sand dune area, ocean beaches and Air space over the air-drop zones and one of the artillery ranges (60,000 meters) is unlimited. The air space over the second artillery range (50,000 meters) is under YPG control to 24,000 feet. Information presented in 7 and 8 above covers only the broader aspects of the mission functions and capabilities of the laboratory. Much more detailed information can be obtained by contacting the laboratory directly. Unclassified brochures and reports are usually available. NAMI research investigations are concerned with flight personnel and center around (1) their psychological aptitude and professional fitness for flying, (2) their physical (medical) fitness, and (3) their tolerance for flight stresses. Investigations in the last named area deal chiefly with (1) disorientation and other functional disturbances resulting from exposure to unusual force environments, (2) hazards due to ionizing radiation, (3) the effects of very strong magnetic environment, and (4) cardiovascular diseases and disorders. Basic research is conducted in vision, hearing, respiration, and neurological mechanisms involved in alertness and consciousness. 05-10 Behavioral and Social Sciences-Psychology (Individual and Group Behavior) 06-16 Biological and Medical Sciences-Physiology 06-19 11 A. ADDITIONAL COSATI CODES: 11 -Stress Physiology SURVEY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES Conducted By THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION For The FEDERAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 375 376 Slow Rotation Room, Human Disorientation Device, Coriolis Acceleration Platform, Stille-Werner Chair, optokinetic stimulator, electric posture table, ship's motion simulator, and facilities for animal experimentation. Other items consist of an electron microscope, ultracentrifuge, high density electromagnetic field assembly, magnetometer, infrared spectrophotometer, vectorcardiograph, ballis tocardiograph, electrocardiograph, x-ray, and incidental equipment for use in otolaryngology, opthalmology, and other specialized clinical fields closely associated with the training and research programs. An AIE type aircraft is equipped for in-flight recording of electroencephalograms and electrocardiagrams. An animal facility housing monkeys, dogs, rats, mice and cats includes a fully equipped operating room and laboratory. Fully equipped laboratories and a UNIVAC 418 Computer with associated data analysis facilities are also available. 9. COMMENT AND PUBLICATION REFERENCES: Information presented in 7 and 8 above covers only the broader aspects of the mission functions and capabilities of the laboratory. Much more detailed information can be obtained by contacting the laboratory directly. Unclassified brochures and reports are usually available. |