ADVANCED MATERIAL SCIENCES
Accelerating mission assurance for government programs
Proprietary simulation platform: We combine cross-range, up-range, and full trajectory analyses with advanced codes to produce reliable and actionable insights
Exclusive expertise: We independently model all Navy system fratricide effects while directly informing weapon systems
State-of-the-art facilities: Our clean room and gas gun test lab combined with advanced analysis capabilities provide a unique environment to validate modeling results and accelerate development cycles
Arcfield’s deep expertise in material science, hardening and vulnerability, and state-of-the-art structural and aerothermal performance empowers organizations to better serve defense and national security objectives. By combining advanced modeling and simulation and experimental testing, Arcfield equips partners with the technical insights needed to deliver robust, mission-ready hardware.
Through a set of proprietary modeling codes, highly specialized facilities, including a gas gun impact test laboratory and clean room, as well as our cross-domain technical depth, Arcfield delivers tailored material science solutions to support the most demanding environments.
KEY SERVICE AREAS
1. INTEGRATED MODELING AND ANALYSIS
Arcfield enables the precise definition of radiation environments, energy deposition analyses, and dynamic material response to ensure your assets are designed for any mission scenario
With unique capabilities in system generated electromagnetic pulse modeling, comprehensive fratricide assessments, and hypersonic plasma generation, Arcfield delivers critical insights into electronic, structural, and hypersonic flight interactions to enhance mission planning decision-making
2. ADVANCED RADIATION EFFECTS TESTING
Arcfield delivers testing that spans the full system life cycle, from design and fabrication to rigorous experimental validation, to ensure that every material and system is tested under operationally representative conditions
Our simulations and experiments supply actionable performance data that reduce risk and optimize system performance at every phase of development
3. END-TO-END TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Our team of experts apply proven, disciplined methodologies to deliver pre-test planning, analytical predictions, instrumentation strategies, and robust data acquisition protocols to enhance testing
Comprehensive post-test analyses close the loop to ensure that insights drive iterative design, continuous improvement, model validation, and system qualification evidence
Our in-house clean room and custom fabrication capabilities guarantee high-fidelity, contamination-free test articles and assemblies
PROVEN TESTING EXPERIENCE
Arcfield brings robust experience in the design, fabrication and execution of materials experiments at world-class facilities, including:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility: Leading-edge x-ray exposure testing, including specimen setups for high-throughput data collection
Arcfield Gas Gun Facility: Unique in-house capability delivering precision plate-impact experiments for dynamic materials characterization to include critical equation-of-state development
Sandia’s Light Initiated High Explosives Facility: Specialty testing for impulse-driven scenarios
Additional venues: NRL’s GAMBLE II (ion beam), DTRA/Fisica PITHON and SPG (electron beams/x-rays), and Southwest Research Institute laboratories
WHY ARCFIELD
For more than 50 years, Arcfield and its predecessor organizations have delivered continuous support to top-priority national strategic programs.
As a key contributor to advanced reentry system research, development and deployment, Arcfield is recognized by government agencies and private sector partners as a leader in robust, disciplined process integration.
Our proven capabilities accelerate timelines, reduce program costs, and mitigate technical risk from concept through deployment.
