Ashton, WV Facility

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UTRON's 300 Acre High Energy Range Facility

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Located in the Ashton facility are:

• Secured facility
• High velocity (3km/sec) 45mm combustion
• High pressure cryogenics
• Test firing and interior ballistics
• Velocity measurements
• Chamber and bore pressure measurements
• High speed data acquisition
• Multiple video cameras
• High speed photography
• Small, medium, and large (155mm) gun testing
• Heated and enclosed test firing bays
• Armor testing
• Penetration testing
• Short range aero ballistics (up to 1km)
• Other high energy testing (high voltage energy capacitor power supply)
• Cook-off
• Vibration
• Rough handling
• Drop tests
• Explosives testing for home land security
• Explosive and propellant storage facility
• Environmental room
• Electronics development laboratory
• Gun development and mechanical engineering
• Ignition development facility