Desert Region Support
In addition to maintaining a strong presence at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground since 1990, our Desert Region support personnel provide a full-spectrum of services to the White Sands Missile Range, and several other Army bases in the southwestern United States.
Our Desert Region personnel are proven experts in the following range test areas:
- Combat & Automotive
- Munitions & Weapons
- Counter-terrorism & Counter-insurgency
- Aviation & Air Delivery
- Operations & Maintenance
- Ammunition Supply & Test Logistics
- Instrumentation & Test Engineering
- Technical Reporting & Data Management
Our engineers are specialized professionals providing planning, design, hazardous material training, construction assistance, alterations and testing support.
TRAX provides automotive engineering test support for general and special purpose vehicles including tracked and combat support vehicles, agricultural equipment, amphibious, and wheeled vehicles. Automotive testing is performed on eight special test courses over natural desert terrain, prepared test slopes and obstacles, a 2-mile paved dynamometer course, a water spray simulator, vehicle swimming basins, and a mud basin.
In support of our ordnance operations, we provide ammunition logistics, recovery, and plant support; conditioning chamber operations; and artillery testing. Our environmental engineers and technicians operate and maintain the environmental chambers and support equipment.
For additional services offered to our Desert Region customers, visit our Operations & Maintenance page.
For further information about YPG, visit the official YPG website.