Advanced materials capabilities

Chemistry laboratory for defence research, Shrivenham

Test track to increase testing and reduce costs Air Command and DSTL need to assess the output from air launched countermeasures in realistic environmental conditions. COTEC designed and built a test track which removed the need for aircraft launch, dramatically increasing the amount of testing carried out at a greatly reduced cost. This was the first such facility in the world.

For more information, please contact: Professor Jackie Akhavan, Director of Education, Defence and Security E: j.akhavan@cranfield.ac.uk

Trevor Lawrence, Director of Operations (COTEC) E: t.lawrence@cranfield.ac.uk

www.cranfield.ac.uk/materials

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