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Boscombe Down Facilities
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* > Aeromedical Training Facility
 This Facility supports the safety training of aircrew and provides medical and safety training for those participating in flight test or training. The school runs courses covering the physiological effects of flight.
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* > Aircraft Avionic System Rigs
 This Facility maintains and operates Authority and customer owned aircraft avionic system rigs to perform test and evaluation of specific aircraft avionic systems and software. They are maintained to a level where they can be used in support of the specific aircraft trials programmes.
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* > Aircraft Facilities
 This Facility provides maintenance and operation of a fleet of aircraft to deliver flight test training, flight testing and provision of Continuation Training (CT) to Joint Test and Evaluating Group (JTEG) aircrew.
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* > Aircraft Maintenance
 Aircraft maintenance and operational support to UK MOD and Customer Allotted Aircraft and the QinetiQ Airfleet at Boscombe Down;
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* > Air Drop Facility
 This Facility provides staff and a covered workshop with support equipment enabling stressed platform loads to be developed and prepared. Additionally, dummies (which can be instrumented) are provided for the testing of man-carrying parachutes.
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* > Anechoic Chamber
 This Facility providesA large RF isolated anechoic chamber, Electronic Warfare (EW) systems testing capability, Transportable complex signal generation capability, EMC emissions and susceptibility testing, The ability to accommodate high power RF emitters.
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* > Blower Tunnel Facility
 The Facility is an open-air wind tunnel for the testing of aircraft, vehicles and self-standing structures and may be adapted to simulate driving rain and icing conditions.
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* > Boscombe Down Airfield Services
 This Facility provides an operational airfield and airfield-related services as a Government Aerodrome for the purposes of the Air Navigation Order 2000 for the benefit of Approved Aircraft.
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* > Data Systems Telemetry and Accident Data Recorders
 This Facility provides for the development of systems for the analysis, recovery and reduction of flight test data from aircraft.
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* > Design Manufacture and Installation
 This Facility provides resources for the design, manufacture and installation of the instrumentation and other modifications as specified below to aircraft, aircraft systems and equipment.
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* > Empire Test Pilots' School
 This Facility is a school which is used to train UK and overseas military personnel to be qualified Test Pilots or to train UK and overseas military and civilian personnel
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* > Engineering Support
 This Facility provides Bay Maintenance and specialist engineering functions for flying clothing and survival equipment and for the Contractor's Airfleet.
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* > Environmental Test Hangar
 This Facility simulates the conditions that aircraft, their systems and the aircrew experience in climatic environments. The Facility can also accommodate land/military vehicles or similarly large size equipment under test.
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* > Logistics
 This Facility provides logistics support to ensure that materiel is provided for the maintenance and operation of the QinetiQ Airfleet and execution of trials. This Facility also supplies consumable materials for UK MOD / Customer Allotted Aircraft and GFX.
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* > Night Vision Test House
 The Facility is a 35m x 22m x 8m dark tunnel enclosure on the Boscombe Down aerodrome capable of accommodating certain fixed and rotary wing aircraft for testing night vision systems. The Facility allows compatibility of aircraft cockpit and equipment lighting to be examined and assessed.
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* > Pit Drop and Stop Butts
 This Facility checks weapon release from aircraft pylons or carriers and firing tests of guns mounted in stands or aircraft installations.
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* > Radio Frequency Environment Generator (REG)
 This Facility comprises the following, A high power level fixed Radio, Frequency Environment Generator, A mobile low power level REG. Both the fixed and mobile facilities are designed to satisfy Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) requirements.

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* > Radio Trials Centre (RADEX)
 This Facility provides measurement services with on-Site radio systems support. These services allow ground and airborne testing of aircraft communication, radio navigation, radar, electronic warfare and other Radio Frequency (RF) based systems.
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* > Rolling Platform
 This Facility simulates ship motion, enabling the development and testing of systems or equipment for use at sea. The deck design is based on a Type 23 Frigate and has the nose wheel shuttle rail, deck lock grid and lash down points for deck handling of helicopters.
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* > Weapons Storage
 This Facility provides storage of munitions used in support of test and evaluation and training based at Boscombe Down.
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* > Weighbridge
 This Facility provides a weighbridge and mobile weighing equipment
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