Worldwide Human Centrifuge Status

Worldwide Human Centrifuge Status

	Commissioned	Operational Status	Major Use	Arm Length	Maximum G	Peak G Onset Rate	<1G Capability	Manufacturer	Availability	Gondola Control	Remarks
Canada DRDC Toronto, ON	1988	Full	Research, Training	6.1m (20ft)	+15G	3G/sec	No	EMRO, DRDC	Limited	Passive
USA (USN) (NAWC), PA	1952 (1964)	Mothballed	Research, Training	15.2m (50ft)	+40G	10G/sec	Yes	McKiernan-Terry	Pending	Active
USA (USN) NAS Lemoore, CA	1996	Full	Training	7.62 metre	+15G	8.5G/sec	No	ETC	Training	Active
USA (SUNY), Buffalo, NY	?	Full	Research	?	?	1G/sec	No	In house	Open	Passive	Altitude capable gondola
USA (USAF) AFRL Brooks CB San Antonio	1962 (1984)	Full	Research, Training	6.1 metres	+30G	6G/sec	No	Rucker	Open	Passive
USA (USAF) Holloman AFB, NM	1988	Full	Training	6.1 metres	+15G	6G/sec	No	ETC	Limited	Passive	Replacement under consideration at Luke AFB
USA (USAF) WP AFB, Dayton, OH	1969	Full	Research	5.8 metres	+20G	1G/sec	Yes	Franklin Inst.	Open	Active	Dynamic Environment Simulation
UK (Qinetiq) Farnborough	1955	Full	Research, Training	9.14m (30ft)	+12G	1G/sec	No	ML Aviation	Open	Passive	Scheduled to close 2009
France, Bretigny	1999	Full	Research, Training	8 metre	+30G	10G/sec	Yes, -10G	Latecoere	Open	Active
Holland, Soesterberg	1983	Full	Research, Training	4 metres	+23.5G	3.5G/sec	No	HOLEC Co	Open	Passive
Germany, Koenigsbruck	1986	Full	Research, Training	10 metres	+12G	5G/sec	Yes	AMST	Limited	Active
Poland, Inst Av Med	?	Full	Research, Trg	9.0 metres	+16G/-2.5G	4G/sec	Yes	Polskie ZL Co	Open	Active
Sweden, Linkoping	2003	Full	Research, Training	9.14 metres	+15G	10/sec	No	Wyle	Open	Active	Dynamic Flight Simulator
Sweden, Karolinska	1955	Full	Research, Training	7.25 metres	+15G	5G/sec	Yes, U/S at present	ASEA Sweden	Open	Passive	Upgraded in 97
Japan	1999	Full	Research, Training	7.6 metres	+12G	6G/sec	No	ETC	No, unless approved	Active
Singapore	1994	Full	Training	7.62 metres	+15G	8G/sec	No	ETC	Open	Active
Turkey	1990	Full	Training	6.1 metres	+15G	6G/sec	No	ETC	Open	Passive
Taiwan	?	?	Training	8 metres	?	?	?	Latecoere	Open	?
Russia, Zhukovsky	2002	Full	Research	8 metres	+15G	9G/sec	Yes	AMST	Open	Active
NASA AMES Moffett Field, CA	1966	Full	Research	8.84 metres	+20G	1G/sec	No	In house	Open	Passive
India, IAF IAM Bangalore	?	Full	Research, Training	5.0 metres	+10G	2G/sec	No	Siemens	Indian military aircrew only	Passive	Possibly to be upgraded
South Korea	1990	Full	Research, Training	6.1 metres	+15G	6G/sec	No	ETC	?	Passive
Malaysia	-	Being installed	Training	7.62 metres	+15G	10G/sec (13G/sec max instantaneous)	Yes	ETC	?	Active	Expected commissioning in 2004
China, Beijing	-	Full	Research, Training	7.62 metres	+15G	10G/sec	?	AMST	Open	Active
Egypt	1995	Full	Training	7.4 metres	+15G	6G/sec	No	Krug/ETC	?	Passive
Nigeria	?	?	Training	6.1 metres?	+15G?	6G/sec?	No	ETC	?	Passive

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