Rail System Dynamic Test Request
HABRAS
Warhead High Speed Rocket Test Infrastructure
HABRAS’ vision is to provide high-speed test service for local and international authorities and meet the requirements of improving defence and aerospace indusrty by developing its technology and updating itself. HABRAS is one of the few high speed rocket test tracks in the world with 2-km long double rail system. It is located at the Turkish MoD Firing Range, Test, and Evaluation Centre in Karapınar/Konya.
Abilities of HABRAS are testing ammunition systems which include live warhead, sending a signal to the electronical sytems such as fuzes for during the ammunition’s movement on the rail, sled seperation systems, mechanical seperation, energetic seperation, testing in a wide mass-velocity region,Velocity measurement with Radar, blast measurement at target area, cack-up intitation system in case of fuze’s failure and capturing free flight and effects of the ammunition on the target with High Speed Cameras.
HABRAS is capable to speed a payload which is more than 1 ton up to Mach 1.5. HABRAS can provide dynamic test environments for various systems/subsystems, the some are listed below:
Various Testable Systems/Sub-Systems
Ammunition
Missiles, bombs, warheads, fuzing systems, propulsion systems, seeker, and guidance systems
Rescue Systems
Ejection seats, parachutes, canopy jettison systems, and rescue kits
Environmental Effects
Rain/ice/particle erosion, high G-loads, and blast
Propulsion Systems
Solid/liquid propellant rocket motors, aircraft/space shuttle engine tests
HABRAS Capabilities
Testing systems with live warheads
Testing of partially penetrating and penetrating warheads
Ability to supply discrete signals or electrical power to electronic systems, such as plugs, as the test item moves along the rail
Firing of systems containing live warheads with a backup firing system in case the fuze fails
Ability to test over a wide mass-velocity range:
Skid separation systems:
Energetic separation systems
Mechanical separation systems
Speed measurement with radar
Blast measurement in the target area
Obtaining information on the free flight of the munition and its effects on the target with the fast camera
Ability to test over a wide mass-velocity range:
Location and Layout
