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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...
FAA Fire Testing at NTS
November 30, 2017Fire and flammability testing is required for products used in a wide range of industries, NTS fire and flammability testing services typically fall into two categories: 1) ignition and flame spread, and 2) fire resistance. The Federal Aviation Administration calls...
Package Testing
November 3, 2017Package testing is a way of simulating the conditions a package can be expected to encounter during transit. In today’s increasingly global supply chains, packages and products will often cross wide geographic distances to get to market, moving through multiple...
HALT Product Design and Reliability Seminar
October 30, 2017On November 10, 2017 join engineers and technicians from our NTS Chicago facility as they host an all-day, interactive seminar on HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Test) covering the basics, benefits and how it can help you determine your product’s reliability....
Expanding Capabilities in Rocket City
October 25, 2017It has been a busy time at our Huntsville, Alabama test facility! We’re added a number of new chambers, enabling us to expand our test offerings for our defense and aerospace industry clients. We have added two EMI chambers to...
Fuel Icing and Contamination Test Stand Goes Live in Santa Clarita
October 24, 2017NTS understands the significant threat to aerospace fuel system components posed by ice and contamination, and that is why NTS Santa Clarita has just completed significant upgrades in its water in fuel, fuel icing and contaminated fuels testing capabilities. Our...
What the FOD? Foreign Object Debris Testing at NTS
October 24, 2017“As defined in AC 150/5210-24, Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Management, FOD is any object, live or not, located in an inappropriate location in the airport environment that has the capacity to injure airport or air carrier personnel and damage aircraft.”...
What Happens When Lightning Strikes a Plane?
September 29, 2017Any electronic component is potentially susceptible to lightning damage. As sophisticated navigation and communication systems come to play a larger role in maintaining safe flight operations, lightning testing is an increasingly important part of quality control for both military contractors...
One Year and Counting for our Colorado Environmental Lab!
September 19, 2017It’s been a whole year since we welcomed our Longmont West location to the NTS family! Have you checked out the testing capabilities offered at our Colorado environmental and mechanical testing lab? Check out the shakers like the one below,...