Calspan has been awarded a five-year, $40 million contract through the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct automobile crash research. Under the contract, the company... will operate the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) Zone Center 1 for the Department of Transportation and operate all crash research for NASS in the eastern U.S. The contract... expanded our prominent role in leading this critical research. The NASS program collects crash data from throughout the United States to analyze motor vehicle crashes and injuries. The...

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Surrogates Wind Tunnel Testing Atmospheric/Low Speed TestingSubsonic/Transonic TestingTest Equipment & Facility Operations Machining and Fabrication Transportation CrashworthinessSled... rating? Calspan performs crash tests for the U.S. Department of Transportation which determine the ratings. Get a Grip Calspan's is known the world over for its unrivaled tire test... which allows manufacturers to simulate side impact crash events to gather data and improve the safety of their products. Anywhere in 48 Hours Calspan's Gulfstream G-III testbed...

-year, $40 million contract by the U.S. Department of Transportation to continue research of motor vehicle crashes. The contract will help Calspan retain 71 jobs, including 23... locally, and could mean additional hiring by the company, said Louis H. Knotts, the president and chief executive officer. "It assures that our crash data research center is going... to improve highway safety, involving the collection of crash data from counties and major cities. "This is important work," Knotts said. "It helps make our highways safer, and safety...

Testing Atmospheric/Low Speed TestingSubsonic/Transonic TestingTest Equipment & Facility Operations Machining and Fabrication Transportation CrashworthinessSled TestingTire... from Western New York. The ownership team restored the Calspan name with a renewed focus on transportation and aerospace testing and technical services related to safety. Calspan... has achieved many technology firsts in its areas of expertise. For example, Calspan engineers developed the first crash test dummy in 1948, the automobile seatbelt in 1951, the first...