Private Industry Customers Utilize US Army Yuma Proving Ground
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 20
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...
March 2021
Despite the gap in these monthly updates, Green Launch has not been idle. In 2020, the launch tube was relocated within Yuma Proving Ground. The new location allows for both horizontal and vertical shots. New design incorporated for pressure containment within the...
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...
Green Launch and HARP “space” Gun Featured on Army.mil
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...
March 2018
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Horizontal Test Firing at Yuma Proving Ground Green Launch has been busy with a series of 12 successful shots which began in December and continued through the first part of March. Each shot involved different parameters of gas charge pressures,...
September 2017
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Presentation at Mars Society Annual Convention The Green Launch (GL) core team (John Hunter, Eric Robinson, Rob Fryer, and Don Whitney all attended this held at University of California, Irvine on September We presented the overview concept and...
June 2017
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Pneumatic Components Received Phil Sluter of TriAxial Design and John Hunter refined and optimized the tubing and fittings to control the gas loading of the gun and safe firing. Firm order was placed on June 2 for the major components. Essentially all...
May 2017
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Yuma Test Preparations John Hunter and Don Whitney made another 3-day trip to YPG starting May 1 to coordinate several aspects of preparation for a series of horizontal test shots this summer: • Meeting with YPG staff to discuss our test plans and...