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Edwards, CA. , U.S.A. 



AERONAUTICAL TEST RANGE 



Dryden Flight Research Facility 



NASA 



"Big Science" Descriptor ; Flight testing 



Description of Facility/Instrument : This is a facility to control, 

 monitor, and conduct tests and experimental research in real 

 time and to conduct flight research on all classes of manned 

 aircraft and RPRVs. (Use: 75 percent military and 25 percent 

 NASA unique.) 



Date of Construction ; 1945, modified in 1980 



Construction Cost ; 1984 $$ : $33.9 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Nationality(s) of Ownership : U.S. 

 Nationality(s) of Operational Funding : U.S. 

 Nationality(s) of Management Staff ; U.S. 

 Nationality(s) of Researchers; U.S. 



Dayton, OH., U.S.A. 



FLIGHT CONTROL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY 



Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories 



U.S. Air Force 



"Big Science" Descriptor ; Flight control engineering research 



Description of Facility/Instrument ; The Large Amplitude Multlmode 

 Aerospace Research Simulator (LAMARS), the predominant flight 

 simulator in the laboratory, consists of an electrohydraulic five 

 degree-of-f reedom motion system. 



Date of Construction : 1980 and continuing over the next five years 



Construction Cost : 1984 $$ : $45 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Nationality(s) of Ownership ; U.S. 

 Nationality(s) of Operational Funding : U.S. 

 Natlonallty(s) of Management Staff ; U.S. 

 Nationality(s) of Researchers ; U.S. 



Potential for Future International Cooperation ; For Western Bloc 

 nations only. 



