Idaho National Laboratory provides access to capabilities to understand and mitigate emerging challenges faced on the battlefield. Our capabilities include vulnerability analysis and full-scale explosives testing facilities with award-winning technology and fabrication departments to develop and test new protective systems for military forces, law-enforcement agencies, homeland security personnel and industry partners.
- Materials research and armor development
- Advanced modeling and simulation
- Testing and evaluation
- A secure site for rapid armor prototypes and limited-run productions.
- Explosives ranges to test prototypes against explosive charges up to 20,000 pounds of TNT equivalent.
Capabilities
Idaho National Laboratory excels in sensor and platform testing, validation and demonstration. With hundreds of square miles of open terrain, a secure border and a state-of-the-art wireless test bed, INL is a prime location to test UAS.
INL has a National Security Test Range to analyze and test full–scale defense systems under real–world conditions. The flexibility of the test range accommodates custom test setups for diverse development and testing campaigns.
INL’s isolated landscape and nuclear materials inventory supports real-world weapons of mass destruction training exercises. Sessions include a mixture of classroom and field exercises taught by experts with backgrounds in radiological detection, measurement and interrogation techniques.
INL survivability engineers and materials scientists are designing, validating and manufacturing unique armor prototypes that increase protection levels while reducing weight and production costs. Over the last 25 years, many of the lab’s survivability designs have been used around the world to safeguard people, vehicles and facilities.
National Security Testing and Demonstration at Scale
National Security Test Range (NSTR) – a wide variety of full-scale and practical testing opportunities for the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security, and other federal and industrial collaborators. Located about 45 miles west of Idaho Falls, INL’s exceptional geography includes 330 acres of isolated desert terrain with eight dedicated test ranges, tactical facilities and restricted airspace that allow research to be conducted safely and securely.
The lab’s national and homeland security expertise spans ballistics, explosives and barrier testing, current breaching strategies, high-performance modeling and simulation capabilities, and classified program support. The National Security Test Range is home to comprehensive research and testing capabilities that are flexible and adaptable to meet custom requirements.
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Contact Information
Corinne Dionisio