Raptor tests for first time in Benefield Anechoic Facility

Posted on: Jul. 31st, 2004 || Source: edwards.af.mil | E-mail Article | Print Article

7/30/04 – EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – An F/A-22 from the Combined Test Force at Edwards was tested at the Benefield Anechoic Facility for the first time, undergoing an electromagnetic compatibility assessment on the aircraft's communications systems that was completed July 16.

The successful tests series began July 6, and testers performed electromagnetic compatibility, or EMC, testing and electromagnetic interference, or EMI, testing along with communications, navigation and identification, or CNI, to assess interference on the aircraft's communications systems.

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