A proving ground (US) is an installation or reservation in which technology such as weapons, military tactics and automobile prototypes are experimented with or tested. Proving grounds can be operated by government bodies or civilian industries. They are distinct from military training areas which are run by the military and intended for the routine training and exercising of troops across the terrain.
Totskoye range, test range in the Urals where nuclear tests were carried out in 1954
YakutiaChallenge, winter test proving ground in Yakutia, Eastern Siberia[citation needed]
North America
United States
In the United States, there are several military facilities that have been explicitly designated as proving grounds.
Aberdeen Proving Ground, a United States Army facility in Aberdeen, Maryland. It is the Army's oldest active proving ground, established on October 20, 1917, six months after the United States entered World War I. It was created so that design and testing of ordnancemateriel could be carried out in proximity to the nation's industrial and shipping centers at the time.
Automotive proving grounds[6] or automotive test tracks serve the automotive industry for road vehicle testing. In the automotive development process, vehicle manufacturers typically test the behaviour of vehicles in various environments and traffic situations. Conventional vehicle testing usually focuses on the dynamic properties of vehicles. Test tracks generally encompass the engineering tasks of vehicle testing and validation.
With the advent of self-driving cars, new proving grounds specially dedicated for them have appeared, and existing conventional proving grounds have been retooled for the testing of highly automated or fully autonomous vehicles.[citation needed]
4activeSystems Test Track, Traboch, Austria. An all-in-one test track next to 4activeSystems' headquarters, an testing equipment manufacturer for ADAS and autonomous driving.
UTAC, headquartered in Linas-Montlhéry France where it operates Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry operational since 1924 the first of its eight proving grounds located in 10 countries.[9]
^Lewis, Jeffrey (June 28, 2017). . Arms Control Wonk. Archived from the original on June 28, 2017.
^Lewis, Jeffrey (June 24, 2017). "South Korean President Moon watched a missile test. We don't pay enough attention to South Korea's missiles. 1/". Twitter. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
^Szalay, Zs.; Nyerges, Á.; Hamar, H.; Hesz, M. (2017). "Technical Specification Methodology for an Automotive Proving Ground Dedicated to Connected and Automated Vehicles". Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering. 45 (3): 168–174. doi:10.3311/PPtr.10708.
^Szalay, Zs.; Nyerges, Á.; Hamar, H.; Hesz, M. (2017). "Technical Specification Methodology for an Automotive Proving Ground Dedicated to Connected and Automated Vehicles". Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering. 45 (3): 168–174. doi:10.3311/PPtr.10708.
^KFZ-Testcenter, Triwo. "Teststrecken-Kalender | Triwo KFZ-Testcenter". www.triwo-testcenter.de (in German). Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^"ABOUT UTAC" (in French). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
Further reading
Edwin A. Martini (ed.), Proving Grounds: Militarized Landscapes, Weapons Testing, and the Environmental Impact of US Bases. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2015.
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For other uses see Proving ground disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Proving ground news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message A proving ground US is an installation or reservation in which technology such as weapons military tactics and automobile prototypes are experimented with or tested Proving grounds can be operated by government bodies or civilian industries They are distinct from military training areas which are run by the military and intended for the routine training and exercising of troops across the terrain Contents 1 Military and government 1 1 Germany 1 2 South Korea 1 3 Russia former Soviet Union 1 4 North America 1 4 1 United States 2 Automotive 2 1 Automaker owned 2 2 Independent 3 Footnotes 4 Further reading 5 External linksMilitary and government EditGermany Edit Peenemunde Army Research Centre WW2 guided missile and rocket development and testing centreSouth Korea Edit Anheung Proving Ground Taean County 1 2 Changwon Proving Ground Changwon City 3 Darakdae Proving Ground Pocheon City 4 5 Russia former Soviet Union Edit In Russia a designated area is usually called a polygon Poligon Kapustin Yar aerial weapons and rocket test range used by the North Caucasus Military District Totskoye range test range in the Urals where nuclear tests were carried out in 1954 YakutiaChallenge winter test proving ground in Yakutia Eastern Siberia citation needed North America Edit United States Edit In the United States there are several military facilities that have been explicitly designated as proving grounds Aberdeen Proving Ground a United States Army facility in Aberdeen Maryland It is the Army s oldest active proving ground established on October 20 1917 six months after the United States entered World War I It was created so that design and testing of ordnance materiel could be carried out in proximity to the nation s industrial and shipping centers at the time Dugway Proving Ground an active facility operated by the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command in the Great Salt Lake Desert of Utah Dugway s mission is to test U S and Allied biological and chemical weapon defense systems Fort Belvoir Proving Ground in Fairfax County Virginia Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center located in Indian Head Maryland and at one time called the Indian Head Proving Ground Jefferson Proving Ground in Madison Indiana It was principally a munitions testing facility of Test and Evaluation Command of the United States Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command The facility was ordered closed in 1989 as part of the Base Realignment and Closure BRAC process Pacific Proving Grounds an inactive U S Department of Energy area in the Marshall Islands that were established by the U S Atomic Energy Commission in 1946 for nuclear weapons testing It mainly consists of Bikini Atoll Enewetak Atoll amp the surrounding area and was deactivated in 1963 Sandy Hook Proving Ground in Sandy Hook New Jersey was the nation s first such facility It was created in 1874 and was used as a proving ground until 1919 Scituate Proving Ground a former proving ground in Scituate Massachusetts operational from 1918 to 1921 Yuma Proving Ground a United States Army facility situated in southwestern La Paz County and western Yuma County in southwestern Arizona approximately 30 miles 48 km northeast of the city of Yuma The proving ground is used for testing military equipment and encompasses 1 307 8 square miles 3 387 2 km in the Sonoran Desert Automotive EditAutomotive proving grounds 6 or automotive test tracks serve the automotive industry for road vehicle testing In the automotive development process vehicle manufacturers typically test the behaviour of vehicles in various environments and traffic situations Conventional vehicle testing usually focuses on the dynamic properties of vehicles Test tracks generally encompass the engineering tasks of vehicle testing and validation With the advent of self driving cars new proving grounds specially dedicated for them have appeared and existing conventional proving grounds have been retooled for the testing of highly automated or fully autonomous vehicles citation needed Automaker owned Edit Chrysler Proving Grounds Ford Proving Grounds General Motors Proving Grounds Hyundai Ulsan proving ground Hyundai Hwaseong proving ground Mazda Proving Grounds Nissan Proving Grounds Nardo Ring Porsche Ehra Lessien test track Volkswagen Independent Edit Source 7 Applus IDIADA proving ground Spain 4activeSystems Test Track Traboch Austria An all in one test track next to 4activeSystems headquarters an testing equipment manufacturer for ADAS and autonomous driving Hwaseong Songsan proving ground South Korea Automotive Testing Papenburg de Germany Bruntingthorpe Airfield amp Proving Ground United Kingdom Digitrans Automotive Proving Ground St Valentin Austria HORIBA MIRA United Kingdom Lang Lang Proving Ground Australia GoMentum Station United States Millbrook Proving Ground United Kingdom Nevada Automotive Testing Center United States Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds New Zealand TRIWO Automotive Testing Center near Frankfurt and Saarbrucken Germany 8 UTAC headquartered in Linas Montlhery France where it operates Autodrome de Linas Montlhery operational since 1924 the first of its eight proving grounds located in 10 countries 9 ZalaZone Automotive Proving Ground HungaryFootnotes Edit Lewis Jeffrey June 28 2017 Anheung Proving Ground Arms Control Wonk Archived from the original on June 28 2017 Lewis Jeffrey June 24 2017 South Korean President Moon watched a missile test We don t pay enough attention to South Korea s missiles 1 Twitter Retrieved June 28 2017 Changwon Proving Ground Agency for Defense Development Facilities Agency for Defense Development Pocheon Darakdae Proving Ground Agency for Defense Development Szalay Zs Nyerges A Hamar H Hesz M 2017 Technical Specification Methodology for an Automotive Proving Ground Dedicated to Connected and Automated Vehicles Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 45 3 168 174 doi 10 3311 PPtr 10708 Szalay Zs Nyerges A Hamar H Hesz M 2017 Technical Specification Methodology for an Automotive Proving Ground Dedicated to Connected and Automated Vehicles Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 45 3 168 174 doi 10 3311 PPtr 10708 KFZ Testcenter Triwo Teststrecken Kalender Triwo KFZ Testcenter www triwo testcenter de in German Retrieved 17 January 2018 ABOUT UTAC in French Retrieved 3 January 2022 Further reading EditEdwin A Martini ed Proving Grounds Militarized Landscapes Weapons Testing and the Environmental Impact of US Bases Seattle WA University of Washington Press 2015 External links EditFinnish ordnance center at mil fi in Finnish YakutiaChallenge Drawsko Pomorskie 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