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C-80 COMPLEX

(IN FRONT OF C-80C)

EGLIN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

SERVICES

(E-OMS) INDUSTRY DAYS

4 JUNE 2014

WELCOME TO THE C-80 COMPLEX, COMMONLY KNOWN

AS THE ARENA TEST COMPLEX. THE COMPLEX CONSISTS OF

4 TEST AREAS AND SUPPORTS A WIDE RANGE OF MUNITIONS

TESTING INCLUDING ARENA, INSENSITIVE MUNITIONS, STATIC

DETONATION AND OPERATIONAL GROUND TESTING. WE ARE

LOCATED AT C-80C.

C-80C

C-80C IS OUR PRIMARY JMEMS ARENA TEST FACILITY.

TESTS ARE STRICTLY RUN ACCORDING TO JOINT MUNITION

EFFECTIVENESS MANUAL (JMEM) TO ACCURATELY

CHARACTERIZE THE MUNITIONS EFFECTIVENESS AND

SAFETY. TYPICAL TESTS INCLUDE VERTICAL AND

HORIZONTAL WEAPON ORIENTATIONS. THIS DATA IS INPUT

IN MODELS TO SIMULATE THE WEAPON’S EFFECTIVENESS

AGAINST A VARIETY OF TARGETS. THIS RANGE IS

INSTRUMENTED TO COLLECT BLAST PRESSURE, TIME OF

FRAGMENT ARRIVAL, AND HIGH-SPEED AND STANDARD

RATE VIDEO DATA. XYZ SCORING OF FRAGMENTS IS

PERFORMED MANUALLY.

A TYPICAL ARENA TEST INCLUDES FRAGMENT IMPACT

BUNDLES, ARRANGED IN A CIRCULAR ARENA TO RECORD A

FRAGMENT’S LOCATION AND DEPTH OF PENETRATION.

VELOCITY AND TIME OF FRAGMENT ARRIVAL DATA IS

PROVIDED BY VELOCITY SCREENS ATTACHED TO THE FRONT

OF THE FRAGMENT IMPACT BUNDLES. BLAST PRESSURE

TRANSDUCERS ARE POSITIONED ON RADIALS TO RECORD

PRESSURE DATA AT DISTANCES AWAY FROM DETONATION.

THE X-Y-Z DATA IS SCORED POST MISSION BY SITE

PERSONNEL AND THE FRAGMENTS ARE RECOVERED,

CLEANED, AND WEIGHED AT C-80W.

THIS FACILITY CAN TEST MUNITIONS WITH NET

EXPLOSIVE WEIGHTS UP TO 3,000 LBS. THIS CONCLUDES

THE C-80C TOUR.

C-80W

(LOCATED AT INTERSECTION OF RR201 AND RR214)

TO OUR RIGHT IS C-80W. C-80W PROVIDES A

CALIBRATION AREA FOR A WIDE RANGE OF TRANSDUCER

AND SIGNAL CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT THAT IS TRACEABLE

TO NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

(NIST) STANDARDS. TYPICAL TRANSDUCERS INCLUDE:

PRESSURE, ACCELEROMETERS, STRAIN GAUGES,

MICROPHONES, LOAD CELLS, PIEZOELECTRIC PINS AND

FORCE RINGS.

INSIDE STORAGE IS AVAILABLE FOR MATERIALS

REQUIRED TO CONDUCT JMEMS TESTING.

VELOCITY SCREENS ARE USED TO MEASURE

FRAGMENT VELOCITY FOR ARENA TESTING. AN ALUMINUM

OXIDE FLAME SPRAY SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE TO SPRAY

CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL ON A CARDBOARD BASE TO

PROVIDE FRAGMENT ARRIVAL DATA FOR VELOCITY

MEASUREMENTS.

JMEM STANDARDS REQUIRE FRAGMENT LOCATION AND

SIZE MEASUREMENTS. A BEAD BLASTER IS EMPLOYED TO

CLEAN FRAGMENTS, AND A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED

FRAGMENT WEIGHING SYSTEM IS USED TO RECORD

LOCATIONS AND WEIGHTS.

THE EXPLOSIVE INSTRUMENTATION DATA SYSTEM OR

EIDS VANS ARE MOBILE INSTRUMENTATION PLATFORMS TO

CONDUCT EXPLOSIVE TESTING. THE EIDS VANS PROVIDE A

WIDE RANGE OF TRANSDUCERS, DATA COLLECTION

SYSTEMS, SIGNAL CONDITIONERS, AND FIRING SYSTEMS TO

ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. THESE SYSTEMS ARE USED ON

THE C-80 COMPLEX, BUT MAY ALSO BE DEPLOYED TO

REMOTE TEST AREAS ON EGLIN, AND REMOTE TDY

LOCATIONS. THE EIDS VANS HAVE RADIO REMOTE FIRING

SYSTEM CAPABILITIES USED TO FIRE ITEMS WITH A LARGE

SAFETY FOOTPRINT. THE SYSTEM PROVIDES A RADIO-

LINKED FIRING SUPPLY AND CONTROL SYSTEM USED TO

FIRE ITEMS AND KEEP THE OPERATORS OUT OF THE SAFETY

FOOTPRINT.

C-80A

DOWN THIS ROAD TO THE SOUTH IS C-80A, ALSO

KNOWN AS THE OPERATIONAL GROUND TEST FACILITY

(OGT). OUR OGT FACILITY IS USED TO PERFORM NON-

DESTRUCTIVE TESTING ON ALL UP ROUNDS IN A SIMULATED

ENVIRONMENT. THE TEST ITEM IS SUBJECTED TO

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE

ENCOUNTERED DURING A TYPICAL OPERATIONAL FLIGHT

MISSION. THERE ARE 4 PHASES SIMULATED DURING A

TYPICAL TEST MISSION: TAXI/TAKEOFF, CAPTIVE CARRY,

FREE-FLIGHT, AND TERMINAL APPROACH. TEMPERATURE,

VIBRATION, AND SHOCK ARE USED TO SIMULATE THE

TAXI/TAKEOFF AND CAPTIVE CARRY PORTIONS OF THE TEST

ENVELOPE. ENGINE RUN AND SCENE GENERATION

SIMULATIONS ARE USED TO SIMULATE THE FREE-FLIGHT

AND TERMINAL APPROACH PORTIONS. SIMULATIONS

INCLUDE INFRARED, RF, VISIBLE, AND GPS. THE OGT IS A

TEST APPROACH, AND CAN BE CONDUCTED AT OTHER

LOCATIONS FOR INERT ITEMS INCLUDING MCKINLEY

CLIMATIC LAB AND JPRIMES. EXPLOSIVE ITEMS THAT

CANNOT HAVE THE WARHEAD REMOVED MUST BE TESTED

HERE.

THE TEST CHAMBER HOUSES THE ENVIRONMENTAL

CONDITIONING, VIBRATION AND SENSORS REQUIRED TO

CONDUCT OGT MISSIONS. NORTH OF THIS FACILITY IS THE C-

80A CONTROL BUNKER. THIS BUNKER HOUSES THE

CONTROL, INSTRUMENTATION AND VIDEO SYSTEMS

REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE SITE WHILE LIVE ITEM TESTING

IS BEING PERFORMED.

THE CHAMBER PROVIDES A CONTROLLED

ENVIRONMENT TO CONDUCT OGT. A 50,000-FORCE POUND

VIBRATION SYSTEM PROVIDES THE SPECIFIC VIBRATION

PROFILE THE WEAPON WILL BE EXPECTED TO ENDURE

UNDER A FLIGHT TEST. TWO ADDITIONAL 20,000 FORCE

POUND VIBRATION SYSTEMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THIS

SITE. TWO TEMPERATURE CONDITIONING SYSTEMS ARE

USED TO PROVIDE CONDITIONED AIR TO AN INSULATED

ENCLOSURE BOX DURING THE TESTING. AN ITEM WILL

TYPICALLY BE CONDITIONED FOR A PERIOD OF 12-18 HOURS

PRIOR TO TEST EXECUTION. TO MORE ACCURATELY

SIMULATE THE DYNAMICS OF A CAPTIVE CARRY PROFILE,

ACTUAL AIRCRAFT WINGS ARE SOMETIMES USED TO

PERFORM THE TEST.

THE VIBRATION SYSTEM AND TEMPERATURE

CONDITIONING SYSTEMS REQUIRE CHILLED WATER FOR

COOLING. THE FACILITY HAS A WATER CHILLER SYSTEM

INSTALLED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS FUNCTION.

AFTER THE TEMPERATURE/VIBRATION CYCLE IS

COMPLETE, THE TEST TRANSITIONS TO SCENE GENERATION

AND ENGINE RUN TO SIMULATE FREE-FLIGHT AND TERMINAL

APPROACH. HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATIONS ARE

USED TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE SCENE TO THE

SEEKER UNDER TEST. THE SIMULATIONS AND EQUIPMENT

ARE PROVIDED BY PERSONNEL AT THE GWEF AND JPRIMES.

WHILE THE SIMULATIONS ARE RUNNING, THE ENGINE OR

ROCKET MOTOR IS STARTED, AND SEEKER SIGNALS ARE

RECORDED TO DETERMINE WEAPON PERFORMANCE. THIS

DATA IS PROVIDED TO ANALYSTS FOR EVALUATION.

ITEMS USING JET FUEL CAN BE TESTED INSIDE THIS

CHAMBER. ROCKET FUELED ITEMS MUST BE TESTED

OUTSIDE ON AN ENGINE RUN STAND.

THE ENGINE RUN STAND IS CONFIGURED TO USE THE

ACTUAL HARDWARE FROM INVENTORY AIRCRAFT TO MORE

ACCURATELY TEST MUNITIONS. THE STAND IS

INSTRUMENTED TO PROVIDE THRUST DELIVERED FROM THE

ROCKET MOTOR. SCENE GENERATION EQUIPMENT IS

PLACED IN APPROPRIATE POSITIONS TO PROVIDE

STIMULATION TO THE SEEKER. HIGH-SPEED VIDEO AND

STANDARD RATE VIDEO IS USED TO OBSERVE THE

OPERATION OF THE ITEM DURING THE TEST. FIBER-OPTIC

LINKS ARE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE TEST CHAMBER

AND THE CONTROL BUNKER FOR SEEKER SIGNAL DATA.

THIS CONCLUDES THE C-80 COMPLEX TOUR.