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Patuxent
River
Naval Air Station
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Mugu
Naval Air Station
China
Lake
Naval Air Station
Edwards
Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base
Eglin
Air Force Base
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Field
Activities > Naval
Air Warfare Center, California
The Naval Air Warfare Center
(NAWCWD), with major sites are located at Point Mugu and China
Lake, California, is the Navy’s primary weapons system
research and testing facility. NAWCWD carries out the complete
weapons systems development process, from basic and applied
research through prototype hardware fabrication, test and
evaluation, documentation, and fleet and production support.
NAWCWD encompasses millions of acres of land and sea ranges
which lie under thousands of square miles of joint service
restricted land and sea airspace.
NAWCWD analysis and T&E
capabilities include simulation of threat weapons systems;
major electronic-warfare threat-simulation facilities; and
complete test and evaluation—static, live fire, captive
carry, supersonic track, environmental, radar cross section—of
a wide range of antiair and antisurface systems. Contributing
to and complementing these projects are broad technology-based
efforts, which range from basic research in physics and chemistry
to applied projects in energetic materials, embedded computers,
specialized semiconductor and superconductor materials, and
lasers and optics.
NAWCWD also has major system and software
aircraft integration and test capabilities for the F/A-18,
EA-6B, AV-8B, AH-1 and EP-3 platforms. These support
activities provide analysis, development, acquisition, Developmental
Test/Operational Test, and fleet introduction services through
their NAVAIR sponsors, with a focus on post-production support
through end of service life.
Key areas of expertise that NAWCWD provides
to the JSF program include mission systems software engineering,
integrated core processing hardware and software engineering,
mission planning, sensor integration, pilot vehicle interface
(PVI), software architecture, and overall mission systems
design integration and test. NAWCWD also provides JSF with
expertise in various areas of weapon integration such as stores
management, fire control and stores, suspension equipment
and stores loading supportability, gun systems, and specific
weapon integration expertise. Lethality assessment expertise
is also provided for the entire kill chain – from target
detection and identification to weapon delivery to battle
damage assessment.
NAWCWD contributes to the JSF survivability
and vulnerability efforts, including live fire testing and
analysis, effectiveness of countermeasure systems, electronic
defense systems, as well as providing signature expertise.
Additionally, NAWCWD provides engineering expertise in system
security engineering, crew escape systems, and modeling and
simulation support. JSF subsystems development ground and
flight testing are currently being conducted at various NAWCWD
test facilities, including the RADAR Reflectivity Lab (RRL)
and Sea Range, located at Point Mugu, and the Land Range at
China Lake. NAWCWD engineers also participate in verification
and test planning in preparation for future ground and flight
test activities.
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