Custom System Rides the Rails at NASA Radar Range

ADC USA, Inc. (Ithaca, NY) develops and supplies high-precision motion systems and instruments for large government laboratories and corporations around the world. ADC was contracted by NASA’s Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA) to design, build, and install the major components for a 40 × 40 × 40-foot indoor radar range. NASA’s goal was to refurbish and upgrade their old indoor radar range. They want to clear out what they had and replace it with newer, better-designed equipment. The goal was to put multiple targets inside the radar range without having to get a forklift to bring them in and out – not only things such as airplanes, but anything that is detected by radar.