EPG is the Army’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) Developmental Tester headquartered at Fort (FT) Huachuca, Arizona. EPG conducts bench tests, lab tests, field tests, and large-scale, geographically distributed systems of systems tests. EPG employs a mix of live and simulated instrumentation and assets.

The Antenna Test Facility (ATF) is composed of 7 main facilities, including numerous sub-facilities, sprawling over 400 acres. The ATF provides an ideal outdoor environment for RF testing due to extremely low humidity and Arizona State Bill 1387, preserving radio frequency (RF) spectrum purity.

The ATF measures antenna systems ranging in size from several centimeters to 13 meters in diameter. Antenna systems can be measured as a stand-alone system or mounted on a ground plane/vehicle, over a frequency spectrum of 20 megahertz (MHz) to 90 gigahertz (GHz).

The Blacktail Canyon Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) Team applies over sixty years of combined E3 experience to testing equipment in early research and
development through deployment and system modification stages. Our personnel are certified TEMPEST Professional Level II and the National Association of Radio and
Telecommunication Engineers (NARTE) – Electromagnetic Capability (EMC). They conduct and evaluate Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Electromagnetic Capability (EMC), and TEMPEST tests on sophisticated electronic equipment and systems. Problem areas are investigated and solutions determined. The E3TF is the Army’s TEMPEST tester. The Blacktail Canyon E3 Team is also available as technical consultants to project managers, to review and/or monitor tests and test documentation.

The Blacktail Canyon Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) Test Facility (E3TF) conducts Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Electromagnetic Capability (EMC), TEMPEST/NONSTOP, Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Environment (RF-EME), personnel level electrostatic discharge, grounding and bonding, Electronic Attack (EA) and other radio frequency (RF) related tests on sophisticated electronic systems. Anomalies are noted and upon request, investigated with rendered solutions made available for problem areas. The E3TF is the Army’s TEMPEST/NONSTOP tester.

The Environmental Test Facility (ETF) conducts tests based on the whole life-cycle process in simulated environments. Complete climatic and dynamic test capabilities are available for testing to military and other environmental standards. The ETF is adequately equipped with a variety of test support equipment to monitor all test variables to provide real-time or post-test analyses.

The Global Positioning System (GPS) Test Facility performs a variety of testing using the GPS instrumentation Suite (GPSIS) and specialized data collection, data reduction and analysis tools. The GPS Test Facility also supports differentially corrected GPS data providing position accuracies in the sub-meter range, as well as producing truth data during tests. U.S. Army Electronic Proving Ground (USAEPG) is the sole emergency beacon certification facility in the United States; it is the only certification facility in the Western Hemisphere. Cosmicheskaya Sistyema Poiska Avariynich Sudov – Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (COSPAS-SARSAT) is an international, humanitarian satellite based search and rescue system.

The network is the backbone of an information system and whether your system is for intelligence, ground combat or MWR-related, it’s only as reliable as its network. USAEPG has the testing services to evaluate your network regardless of the transport technology, be it hard-wired, radio-based, satellite or microwave; we have the customer-centric expertise to test it.