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Bush Combat Development Complex Facilities and Capabilities

Aerospace Laboratory for Lasers and ElectroMagnetics and Optics (ALLEMO)

ALLEMO is a laser diagnostic development, optics and electromagnetic flow control laboratory utilizing laser and electromagnetic concepts relevant to aerospace for diagnostics for high-speed aerodynamics, long-range detection of trace hazardous gases, plasma-based methods for flow control, guiding of electromagnetic and laser radiation, and advanced energy conversion methods.

Ballistic, Aero-Optics, and Materials Complex (BAM)

• Two parallel large-scale tubes
  • 1-km long, 2-m diameter
• Controllable atmosphere
• Modern instrumentation
• Provides a contained test environment to bridge the gap between lab-scale research and development and national/government-lab scale testing and evaluation

BCDC and RELLIS Network

• Edge- and Cloud-capable (LTE, 4G and 5G) network
• Internal and external fiber-optic hardwiring
• Supports air and ground vehicle research and projects

Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems (CANVASS)

• Multi-laboratory center
• Unifies the research and development of autonomous vehicle systems

Center of Innovations in Mechanics for Design and Manufacturing (CiMDM)

• Dedicated mission in research
• Education, training and global collaborations
• Industry and governmental lab outreach

Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Lab (DAIR)

• Studies coordination, cooperation and adaptation among multiple agents
• Focus on group-level modeling of large-scale systems, interference reduction, and task-allocation in physical robots and sensor-actuator networks

Innovation Proving Ground (IPG)

• Unique testing ecosystem to enable a myriad of tailorable tests, evaluations, and research in the development of innovative, synergistic strategies to support agile assessments of technologies in a military relevant setting
• Off-Road Test Area
• Airspace
• Subterranean Test Area
• Mobility Challenge Course

National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonics Laboratory (NAL)

This laboratory is a comprehensive hypersonic aerothermochemistry and viscous flow laboratory, featuring national resource quality hypersonic facilities, advanced instrumentation, and computational support.

This lab includes:

• Mach 6 Quiet Tunnel – one of only three, worldwide – original NASA Quiet tunnel

• Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel – solicits speeds up to Mach 15 (11,500 mph – 3-foot exit diameter)

• Actively Controlled Expansion (ACE) Hypersonic Tunnel – variable Mach (5-8) facility

Research Integration Center (RIC)

• Supports remote office staffing, technology integration, research, analysis, and range operations

Technology, Innovation and Modernization Catalyst (TIMC)

• 25,000-square-foot facility for use by civilian innovators
• Supports the management and transfer of intellectual property and technology to industry for commercial applications

Universal Information-Centric Self-Organizing Resilient Network (UNICORN)

• Network of nodes that support real-time point-to-point communication and route and address based on information content names

Unmanned Systems Lab

• Mapping, localization, guidance, navigation and control for developing autonomous ground and aerial vehicles
• Projects span from algorithmic design to field experiments of UAVs and UGVs

Vehicle Systems and Control Laboratory (VSCL)

• Integrates low-cost attritable aircraft technology (LCAAT) with autonomy to establish trust.
• Provides a game-changing capability that transforms the way manned and unmanned systems are designed, controlled and operated.