Around Arcata – May 2022

President’s Message Fantastic start to the year as we experienced a significant decline in the number of COVID-19 cases, started our support of the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) contract, and received high marks on our DoD and NASA...

Vehicle Maintenance

The Arcata Vehicle Maintenance Team was challenged to fix an aged tractor truck that experienced a complete engine and hydraulic system failure.  The truck was needed to support critical convoy and range maintenance operations.  The team identified a truck...

Electronic Warfare (EW) at Point Mugu Sea Range

Arcata’s Engineering and O&M Teams from the Nevada Test & Training Range (NTTR) and China Lake Range (CLR) assisted the Navy in establishing an Electronic Warfare (EW) presence at the Point Mugu Sea Range. By utilizing existing subject matter experts,...

Joint Threat Emitter Upgrades

After determining that certain aircraft were unable to detect our Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) threat signals, our radar operators wrote a new mission file which added a preferred threat signal mode to the system. This upgrade improved the JTE’s effectiveness before an...