NSWC Crane Dedicates Test Range to Combat IEDs
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS081011-04
Release Date: 10/11/2008 11:19:00 AM
By Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Corporate Communications
Crane, Ind. (NNS) -- Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, a field activity of Naval Sea Systems Command, dedicated Zubowski Flats, a new realistic ground antenna test range to combat the threat from improvised explosive devices (IEDs), Oct. 3 in Crane, Ind.
"The breakthroughs that will happen here in this facility are certain to save lives. Marines serving in Iraq and Afghanistan will be able to anticipate and avoid deadly threats lurking on the road ahead. Crane's work to jam IED signals and create better armor is astonishing in its depth and breadth (and) is something all Hoosiers should be proud of," said Sen. Evan Bayh's representative Sandi Stewart.
The range is named in honor of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Scott Zubowski from North Manchester, Ind., the first Hoosier Marine killed in Iraq by an IED. Zubowski was killed during his second tour of duty when a roadside bomb exploded during combat operations near Fallujah in Iraq's Al Anbar province Nov. 12, 2005.
"NSWC Crane's main focus is to harness the power of technology for the warfighter, and this is what Zubowski Flats will do – explore new technologies to combat and defeat the threat posed by IEDs," said John Zody who attended on behalf of Rep. Baron Hill during the dedication.
NSWC Crane Technical Director Duane Embree said the project had some of the best leading it.
"In the last two and a half years, Jeff Snow and a team of technical experts have pulled together nearly 200 of Crane's best and continue to lead a team of national experts to provide solutions that have significantly lowered the number of deaths by roadside bombs."
For more news from Naval Sea Systems Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/navsea/.
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