A defense test system partner who understands your program, beyond your specs.
You build mission-critical systems. We ensure that what you deliver performs as promised in the field. ARC brings engineering capability, compliance fluency, and program management with the disciplined quality processes that complex, regulated environments demand.
MODERNIZING COMPLEX PROGRAMS
Predictable, confident engineering for defense programs.
Defense programs operate under compliance requirements, long sustainment timelines, and systems that have to perform when failure isn't an option. ARC engineers test systems and support hardware across the full range of defense test environments, including platforms ARC didn't originally design.
| RF Interface Units (RFIUs) | RF Interface Units (RFIUs) — Design and fabrication across K, Ka, and Ku bands, with frequency support up to 110 GHz for high-channel-count RF configurations |
| Interface Test Adapters (ITAs) | Custom design and build, engineered to your test platform and validated to your hardware |
| Test Program Sets | Design and development of test program sets for depot and flightline environments |
| Development on Existing Standard Test Platforms | Capability additions, upgrades, and sustainment on common test platforms ARC didn't originally design, including LMSTAR, VDATS, and other government- or prime-owned standard test systems |
| ESS Testers | Environmental stress screening test system design and integration |
| Development on Existing Standard Test Platforms | Capability additions, upgrades, and sustainment for programs running on existing ATE platforms |
| Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) | Real-time test systems that validate hardware against simulated system and environmental conditions |
| EW Test Stations | Test system design and integration for electronic warfare applications, including signal generation, simulation, and measurement |
| C4ISR | Test system design and support for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems |
| Missile Fire Control | Test system design and support for missile fire control systems |
| Fuzing Tests | Test systems for fuzing system validation |
| Shipboard Assemblies | Design and build of electromechanical assemblies for shipboard environments |
| Flightline Test Equipment | Portable, ruggedized test equipment for flightline maintenance and validation |
| Space (RF) | RF test system design and support for space and satellite communication applications |
| ESS Testers | RF test system design and support for space and satellite communication applications |
| Optical Test Solutions | Test system design for optical and electro-optical systems |
| Augmentation Bay Design & Build | Design and build of augmentation bays that expand existing test capability without full system replacement |
Technical experience to solve any program challenge.
Test Systems
Replacement Parts & Contract Manufacturing
MODERNIZING COMPLEX PROGRAMS
Proven on-time delivery for across rated defense programs.
Defense programs operate under strict delivery obligations through the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS). Rated orders, including DO and DX classifications issued by the government, require vendors to commit to a delivery date and meet it, regardless of competing priorities.
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Our Solutions
Why Defense programs choose ARC.
Time to Market
Test system delivery that keeps pace with vehicle program timelines, whether you're sustaining a long-running line or launching something new.
Technical Depth
Electrical, mechanical, software, and RF engineering under one roof, with in-house contract manufacturing, so design and build stay under one team instead of splitting across vendors.
Supply Chain Management
We manage component sourcing and obsolescence so schedule risk doesn't slow your infrastructure rollout.
Design & Build Skills
From first article to full-scale deployment, ARC designs and builds in-house, with the flexibility to support both new architectures and existing infrastructure.
Flexibility
Whether your program needs a turnkey system, a single subassembly upgrade, or sustainment support on hardware with no documentation, we scope to what you actually need.
Dedicated Program Management
A single point of contact who knows your program, tracks risk, and communicates proactively — not just at milestones.
Robust
Quality ISO 9001 certified quality processes on every engagement, with the reliable test data your quality and throughput requirements depend on.
Strategic Partners
We work side-by-side with partners like NI and Keysight, tapping their equipment and top engineering talent to solve even the toughest test and RF challenges.
Trusted by defense programs that demand consistency.
ARC has supported defense programs across some of the largest prime contractors in the industry. The work speaks for itself: complex test systems delivered on schedule, technology refreshes that kept programs running, and engineering partnerships that have lasted well beyond initial delivery.
Ready for a defense program that stays on track?
Talk to an ARC engineer about what you're working with. We'll ask the right questions and help you figure out the path forward.
