Mission
Nuclear Environments (NE), comprising natural radiation as well as threat-induced environments, are applicable to most strategic systems both offensive and defensive in two main technology domains. Radiation Environments simulate the natural nuclear radiation environments to determine the susceptibility of military systems to them. Threat-Induced Environments simulate the environments produced by threat nuclear weapons to determine the susceptibility of military systems to them. The NE Test (NET) portfolio of projects replace obsolete equipment and develop new test capabilities and facilities to support Department of Defense (DoD)’s Nuclear Environments Test and Evaluation (T&E) requirements at multiple facilities nationwide such as the Naval Surface Warfare Centers at Crane, IN, and Dahlgren, VA, White Sands Missile Range, NM, and Little Mountain Test Facility, UT. Several NET efforts are being performed in support of and in conjunction with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). These capabilities will help ensure that the military’s tactical and strategic systems will survive nuclear environments threats.
Description
NET must address survivability requirements from a number of simulated nuclear threat mechanisms to include neutrons, dense plasma focus (DPF), heavy ion, energetic neutron, gamma rays, x-rays, Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and thermal effects. The NET efforts will also provide robust Single Event Effects (SEE) and Combined Environments Test (CET) capabilities to address emerging NE requirements.
System Interdependencies
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Foreign Military Sales
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