Fort Monroe Test Facility
Abstract
This brochure describes the mission and accomplishments of the Monroe Test Facility in Dahlgren, Virginia. The Naval Surface Warfare Center's Fort Monroe Test Facility conducts test and evaluation of a number of weapon systems, subsystems, and components. Located at Fort Monroe, Virginia, adjacent to the Hampton Roads ship channel and the Norfolk Harbor entrance, the Test Facility offers a sheltered, shallow-water harbor range suitable for testing a variety of devices. Originally established to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center's underwater mine development program, the Fort Monroe Test Facility also is available for use by the Department of Defense, other government agencies, and their contractors. The Naval Surface Warfare Center is the Navy's principal research, development, test and evaluation center for surface ship combat systems, ordnance, mines, and strategic systems support. As Center programs reflect increasingly complex modern technology, the Fort Monroe Facility has broadened the scope of its test and evaluation capabilities to include surface target sensors, in-water weapons for special forces, and devices associated with antisubmarine warfare, marine research, and oceanographic research. Today, the Fort Monroe Facility keeps pace with the technology employed in surface warfare systems and actively develops modern techniques for test and evaluation. The facility continues to operate a unique range in which bottom mines, mine sensor systems, and other devices may be tested in their intended environment. For test programs requiring an open-ocean environment, the facility conducts operations at its nearby Fort Story range on the Atlantic Ocean.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA477124
Entities
Organizations
- Naval Surface Warfare Center