Hydraulics Test Services in Orlando, Florida
December 13, 2018Hydraulics have a wide variety of applications, from valves to actuators, accumulators to pumps, and motors to heat exchangers. NTS Orlando hydraulics department answers the call, with the testing of these applications against a number of MIL, SAE ARM, and...
What should I bring to the lab for my EMI test?
June 27, 2018This is one of the most common questions we get here at NTS EMC labs. It’s important to know what you need in advance to ensure that your test session is productive. You should try to arrive for a test...
Aerospace Studies Program visits Orlando Facility
January 19, 2018NTS, proud supporter of United States Armed Forces and its allies, hosted a group of students and staff from the Aerospace Studies Program (ASP) at our Orlando, FL facility. The ASP is a year-long post-graduate technical course offered to Royal...
MIL-STD-810 Testing for Fitness Armband
July 19, 2016While the majority of NTS MIL-STD-810 testing is conducted on products for use in the defense sector, we often provide this testing for consumer product developers who want to demonstrate their products “ruggedness”. One recent example is Armpocket of Miami,...
Solar Radiation Testing in Accordance with Method 505 of MIL-STD-810
May 17, 2016Solar radiation (sunshine) testing is one of the basic tests required for any military equipment planned to be deployed in the open and therefore subject to direct radiation from the solar source. The effects of this radiant energy can...
How can I relate the results of MIL-STD-810 salt fog testing to the life time of my product?
April 20, 2016This is a very common question that we get asked quite often and unfortunately there is no correlation between what the product sees in the salt fog chamber to what it will experience out in the field. In order to...
Is there a preferred sequence for EMI, EMC Tests?
April 5, 2016One of the questions we get asked often is about order of EMI/EMC testing. Neither MIL-STD-461 nor RTCA/DO-160 specify the order of test performance. Leaving aside the issue of Safety of Flight tests for aircraft (which typically must be performed...
Meet Russ Presswood, Regional Sales Director for NTS Orlando
March 17, 2016We are pleased to introduce Russ Presswood as the new Regional Sales Director for NTS Orlando. Formerly an NTS Account Manager based out of Detroit, he also served as Dynamics Manager for NTS Santa Clarita supervising engineering services, design and...
MIL-STD-461G Released
February 3, 2016The G revision of the MIL-STD-461 standard was released in December 2015 and is available here. NTS’s Jeffrey Viel’s wrote an article for InCompliance Magazine reviewing the proposed changes which was published back in August 2015. These changes have carried...
Q & A: What is the correct order for Sand, Dust, and Salt Fog in MIL-STD-810
September 25, 2015Question: I have a military customer who requiresBlowing Sand, Blowing Dust, and Salt Fog tests according to MIL-STD-810. However, my customer did not specify which test should be performed first. Is there a specific order in which these tests should...