July 2021 #2

Unlike most military installations, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground’s (YPG) primary purpose is not to train troops for combat, but to test the equipment they use to ensure it works as it should. With a unique mission, YPG’s funding model is also unique. Perhaps 30% of...

July 2021

Horizontal Test Firing at Yuma Proving Ground The Green Launch Team completed another series of successful shots at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) on July 14 and 15. Braving the summer heat were John Hunter, Eric Robinson, Rob Fryer, and Ray Tinker. Each shot involved...

August 2019

Horizontal Test Firing at Yuma Proving Ground The Green Launch Team completed another series of successful shots at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) during June and July.  Each shot involved different parameters of gas charge pressures, release peak pressures, vehicle...

June 2021

Original article source credited to www.army.mil Even in the 1960s, as NASA perfected the massive, multi-stage Saturn V rockets that propelled humanity to the moon–and U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) tested the Mobility Test Article, precursor to the lunar...

May 2018

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Horizontal Test Firing at Yuma Proving Ground The Green Launch team completed another series of four successful shots at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) during the week of April 23.  Two shots per day were achieved using YPG personnel and our team. Gas...