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NSWC Crane and USACE breaks ground on Missile Technology Evaluation Facility and Strategic Systems Engineering Facility

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District
Published April 16, 2024
Leadership from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Strategic Systems Engineering Facility in Crane, Indiana, Apr. 15, 2024. The new strategic missions facility will provide new integrated systems engineering and test capability and is planned to be completed at the end of 2025.

Leadership from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Strategic Systems Engineering Facility in Crane, Indiana, Apr. 15, 2024. The new strategic missions facility will provide new integrated systems engineering and test capability and is planned to be completed at the end of 2025.

Col. L. Reyn Mann , USACE Louisville District Commander provides remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Strategic Systems Engineering Facility in Crane, Indiana, Apr. 15, 2024.

Col. L. Reyn Mann , USACE Louisville District Commander provides remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Strategic Systems Engineering Facility in Crane, Indiana, Apr. 15, 2024.

Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Naval Surface Warface Center, Crane Division, U.S. Navy Research, Development, Testing and Engineering and contractor participated in the ceremonial breaking of ground, March 21, 2024, which marked the start of the construction for the Missile Technology Evaluation Facility at NSWC Crane.

Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Naval Surface Warface Center, Crane Division, U.S. Navy Research, Development, Testing and Engineering and contractor participated in the ceremonial breaking of ground, March 21, 2024, which marked the start of the construction for the Missile Technology Evaluation Facility at NSWC Crane. The primary mission of the MTEF will be to integrate and test advanced guidance, navigation and control technologies in a Hardware in the Loop laboratory setting before deploying these systems in the field.

Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, U.S. Navy Research, Development, Testing and Engineering office and the construction contractor participated in the ceremonial breaking of ground for an $8.38 million Missile Technology Evaluation Facility, March 21, 2024 in Crane, Indiana.
   

The project includes site preparations and improvements, and construction of an approximately 10,200-square-foot building with utility connections.   

“The new building will consolidate capabilities and improve collaboration and efficiency across our departments and across several divisions that support our nation’s strategic capability,” said J.R. Ross, Global Deterrence and Defense Department Director, NSWC Crane.

This project will provide NSWC with a facility to integrate and test advanced guidance, navigation and control technologies in a hardware-in-the-loop laboratory setting prior to field deployment.

On April 15, 2024, leadership from USACE and the NSWC, Crane Division, participated in another groundbreaking ceremony for the co-located new Strategic Systems Engineering Facility in Crane, Indiana.

The new strategic missions facility will provide new integrated systems engineering and test capability.

“This project exemplifies our unwavering commitment to provide the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division with the facilities needed to put the best technology in the hands of our Nation’s warfighters,” said Col. L. Reyn Mann, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District Commander. “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers strives to safely construct projects on time, within budget, and I look forward to delivering this project for one of our most important partners.”

Both facilities are scheduled to be complete in 2025.


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