Controlling Test Facilities

The Chemring Countermeasures site incorporates test and examination facilities which include;

- 350kv real time X Ray with high definition video system
- MSL velocity measurement system
- Digital still and video
- High speed video 2000 fps at 1024 x 1024
- Indoor range for research and development testing of small samples and testing of 40mm ammunition
- 30 acre outdoor proof range within the site boundaries
- Close proximity to MoD ranges for the larger testing programmes
- Wind stream facilities

The proof area is specially laid out for the functioning and assessment of decoy flares both static and projectile and allows for the required fields of view for measuring instrumentation to be established. The area is licensed for a wide range of pyrotechnic and high explosive functioning.

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