Equipment on naval surface ships and submarines experiences many different types of shock. Aircraft launch mechanisms, steam catapults, tailhook arresting cables, and missile launchers generate various types of shocks, as do many combat situations, such as a direct hit by enemy ordnance. Shipboard testing looks at Grade A items (essential to the safety and continued combat capability of the ship) and Grade B items (which could become hazard to personnel or the ship as a whole). Type A through Type C classifications of equipment divides shipboard equipment into systems and subsystems, such as a diesel generator versus an electric motor of the diesel generator. Special shock test machines are required to perform lightweight and medium weight shock tests per MIL-S-901 tests, while heavyweight shock tests require barge testing with ordnance.
NTS tests all Grades A through B, Type A through Type C equipment. We perform lightweight shipboard shock testing in-house, and medium weight shock test, as well as heavyweight shock testing, at partner facilities.
Whether you test missiles, generators, radio equipment, gauges, storage vessels or any other shipboard system or component, NTS will provide you with a comprehensive, MIL-S-901 compliant shock test program that will work with your schedule.
