Special Devices System announces a five-year contract with the Yuma Test Center at the Yuma Proving Grounds. This contract is for design, development and supply of ballistics test system. The potential contract value is more than three million dollars.

Originally established in 1942, Yuma Proving Ground is responsible for managing testing at three locations: Yuma Test Center at Yuma Proving Ground, the Cold Regions Test Center, Alaska, and the Tropic Regions Test Center, which is headquartered at Yuma Proving Ground and operates in Hawaii and other tropic areas. The Yuma Test Center is a multi-purpose test facility able to test nearly every weapon system in the ground combat arsenal. More than 1,300 miles in size, the test center is one of the few places where military munitions and hardware can be tested in an area almost completely removed from urban encroachment and noise concerns.

Special Devices contract will require integration of test and measurement instruments from a number of suppliers including National Instruments and Precision Filters. Test software will be developed with LabVIEW.