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High-Level Electromagnetic Interference Testing For Electronics and Avionics
April 25, 2018NTS high-level EMI testing simulates high intensity radar sweeps encountered in hostile combat areas and commercially when crossing radar beams on final approach to an airport. A number of NTS locations, including testing labs in Massachusetts, California, and Texas are...
MIL-C-25478B – Military Specification: Coolers, Lubricating Oil, Aircraft General Specification
April 11, 2018“The MIL-C-25478B specification is the general specification for aircraft engine lubricating oil coolers that provide oil temperature regulation for aircraft gas turbine engines using high temperature synthetic base lubricating oil, and aircraft piston engines, turbo propeller gear boxes, and helicopter...
Key Life Testing – Accelerated Design Evaluation
March 9, 2018Key life testing is carried out to help evaluate the design life of a vehicle component at an accelerated pace. The basis of key life testing is the determination of the anticipated real-life operating conditions for the vehicle, and then...
Ballistics Testing
February 26, 2018Ballistics testing is an essential part of the production of a variety of products. What is ballistics testing, what is it used for and how is it applied? What Is Ballistics Testing? Ballistics is defined as the study and science...
NIJ Body Armor Standard and Threats Specification Now Available for Public Comment
February 23, 2018The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has issued draft documents for the proposed revision to NIJ Standard 0101.06, Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor, and for the proposed Threat Levels and Associated Ammunition to Test Equipment Intended to Protect U.S. Law...
NTS Lightning Laboratory Featured on Discovery Channel
February 14, 2018At the NTS laboratory in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, industry-leading engineers and technicians are able to generate 2.4 million volts and 250,000 amperes to test the effects of lightning on commercial products. That’s why the Discovery Channel turned to NTS, the undisputed...
NTS Renews CBTL Approval for Medical EMC Testing
February 1, 2018NTS Longmont is one of the few CB Testing Laboratories (CBTL) for electromagnetic compatibility in the US. NTS Longmont has long been a leader in EMC testing for medical products to the CE, FDA and JFDA specifications. The CBTL approval...
Football Helmet Testing
January 29, 2018CTE — a degenerative brain condition that results from repeated impacts to the head — is changing the game of football as we know it. Since doctors first discovered the first instances of damaging plaque when performing autopsies on NFL players, the...
8 Updates You Need to Know for DO-160G
December 27, 2017DO-160 outlines current Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) standards for the environmental testing of avionics hardware. The RTCA published the document’s most recent update, DO-160G, in 2010. Here’s a brief overview of some of its most important changes. Section...
Coming soon – The “Monster Machine” Massive Wave Simulator
December 11, 2017From our underwater shot test quarry facility in Virginia to our 25 foot centrifuge in California, NTS has a tradition of “going big” when it comes to new test equipment. The engineers at our Huntsville, Alabama facility are keeping up...