We have the facilities, accreditations, and experience to accurately and efficiently perform testing to a wide range of military and aerospace specifications, including the latest indirect lightning tests.


How are we uniquely qualified to meet your airborne equipment testing requirements?

  • Full-service laboratories in Maryland and California
  • Secure facilities
  • Highly-trained personnel
  • One-stop-shop for EMCEnvironmental Simulation requirements
  • Reverberation Chamber for HIRF over 20,000 V/m
  • 45kVA fully programmable power supply with Section 16 Power Input plus Boeing and Airbus specific test software.  DC through over 1000Hz output frequency.  1/3-phase output
  • 20kVA variable power supply, 400Hz, 1/3-phase output
  • Three RF anechoic EMC chambers with 1/3-phase 400Hz RF power filters with Power Factor Correction Coils (PFCCs) and RF filtered DC power
  • Up to 150VAC line to ground, 3-phase, 400Hz, 100A per phase, RF filtered power
  • Up to 277VAC line to ground, 3-phase, 400Hz, 50A per phase, RF filtered power
  • Acceleration Testing Capabilities up to 40 Gs

We are A2LA-accredited to perform RTCA/DO-160 Commercial Aircraft Product testing to RTCA/DO-160D (1997), RTCA/DO-160E (2005), RTCA/DO-160F (2007), and RTCA/DO-160G (2010).

A2LA

  • 0591.01
  • 0591.02
  • 0591.04

RTCA/DO-160 Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment
  • Section 4 – Temperature and Altitude
  • Section 5 – Temperature Variation
  • Section 6 – Humidity
  • Section 7 – Operational Shocks and Crash Safety
  • Section 8 – Vibration
  • Section 9 – Explosion Proofness
  • Section 10 – Water Proofness
  • Section 11 – Fluids Susceptibility
  • Section 12 – Sand and Dust
  • Section 13 – Fungus Resistance
  • Section 14 – Salt Spray
  • Section 15 – Magnetic Effect
  • Section 16 – Power Input
  • Section 17 – Voltage Spike
  • Section 18 – Audio Frequency Conducted Susceptibility – Power Inputs
  • Section 19 – Induced Signal Susceptibility
  • Section 20 – Radio Frequency Susceptibility (Radiated and Conducted)
  • Section 21 – Emission of Radio Frequency Energy
  • Section 22 – Lightning Induced Transient Susceptibility
  • Section 24 – Icing
  • Section 25 – Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

We also test to proprietary aircraft manufacturer standards:

  • Airbus: ABD0100.1.2 Environmental Conditions and Tests Requirements Associated to Qualification
  • Airbus: ABD0100.1.8.1 Electrical and Installation Requirements
  • Boeing: 787B3-0147 Electrical Power Quality and Design Requirements Document
  • Boeing: D6-16050-5 Requirements for Electromagnetic Interference Control