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Radnor Range weapons, ordnance, munitions and explosives test house

Radnor Range Ltd

Radnor Range, The Stables, Barland, Presteigne, Wales, LD8 2TN, United Kingdom

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Testing capabilities

  • Shock and impact
  • Materials and structural testing
  • Propulsion and fluid systems
  • Functional and integrated-system testing

Services

Independent test and evaluation of weapons, ordnance, munitions and explosives; armoured-vehicle and armour-material testing and certification; insensitive-munition and UN Series trials; instrumented weapons and vehicle-mounted weapons proofing; static rocket-motor and energetic-materials testing; drone and counter-drone activity.

Equipment

Indoor ballistic test facility; concrete test pad for side-blast and fragmentation trials; mine-blast pits; calibrated instrumentation for vehicle acceleration, blast overpressure and AT-hybrid data; full range of calibres including fragment-simulating projectiles; main-range and static rocket-motor test capability.

Standards

Radnor states it is a UK MOD-accredited independent test house; published protocols include NATO AEP-55/STANAG 4569, VSAG-12 and VPAM ERV/BRV.

Contact

Operator-wide contact: Email: info@radnor.org.uk; info@radnor.org.uk; +44 (0)1544 267441; fax +44 (0)1544 267431; operator-wide route.

Approximate location

LD8 2TN ยท Postcode area location

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