Remote Test Facility

CFDRC ADS has developed a Remote Test Facility in Scottsboro, Alabama; approximately 45 minutes East of Huntsville and Redstone Arsenal. Located in an EPA Brown Zone, at the site of a former Aluminum manufacturing plant, the Remote Test Facility affords CFDRC and our customers an ability to perform test and evaluation, advanced prototyping, and systems engineering.

Test & Evaluation Capabilities:

  • High Volume Air Supply for Gas Turbine Engine and Turbomachinery Component Testing
  • Combustion, Fuel Atomization and Spray Testing
  • Solid/Liquid Rocket Engine Cold Flow Testing and Hot Fire Testing
  • Advanced Propellant Formulation, Mixing, and Testing
  • High Speed Data Acquisition and Control Center

Prototyping & Fabrication Capabilities:

  • Birmingham Mill (3 axis DRO, rotary table)
  • Birmingham Lathe (2 axis DRO)
  • Bridgeport R2E3 Series II CNC Machine (3 axis)
  • Vertical & Horizontal Band Saws
  • Welding & Cutting: MIG, Gas & Plasma Torch
  • Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Software

CFDRC has expertise and experience in test facility design, layout, test configuration set-up and installation; test planning, test monitoring, results review, and qualification testing. CFDRC has performed a variety of Test & Evaluation Projects for NASA, and DoD Customers