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Naval Air Weapons Station ( NAWS) China Lake [2] is a large military installation in California that supports the research, testing and evaluation programs of the United States Navy. It is part of Navy Region Southwest [3] under Commander, Navy Installations Command, and was originally known as Naval Ordnance Test Station ( NOTS ).
35°37′48″N 117°40′06″W / . 35.6299°N 117.6682°W. / 35.6299; -117.6682. Type. Military museum. Website. www .chinalakemuseum .org. The China Lake Museum is a military museum in Ridgecrest, California focused on the history of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and the development of naval aviation armament and technology.
ASROC started development as the Rocket Assisted Torpedo (RAT) program by Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in the early 1950s to develop a surface warship anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon to counter the new post-World War II submarines which ran quieter, at much higher speed and could attack from much longer range with high speed homing torpedoes.
AGM-45 Shrike. AGM-45 Shrike is an American anti-radiation missile designed to home in on hostile anti-aircraft radar. The Shrike was developed by the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake in 1963 by mating a seeker head to the rocket body of an AIM-7 Sparrow. It was phased out by U.S. in 1992 [ 1] and at an unknown time by the Israeli Air Force ...
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1968 Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS), 2007-2009 Airtronic/Trident, 2003-2009 CSG/Trident. The China Lake pump-action grenade launcher or NATIC is a pump-action grenade launcher that was developed by the Special Projects Division of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, which provided equipment to United States Navy SEALs .
DD. Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31 ( VX-31 or AIRTEVRON THREE ONE, commonly referred to by its nickname, " The Dust Devils" ) is a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California. Using the tail code DD, they fly numerous United States Navy and United States Marine Corps fixed ...
Coso Range. / 36.14161000°N 117.68979222°W / 36.14161000; -117.68979222. The Coso Range of eastern California is located immediately south of Owens Lake, east of the Sierra Nevada, and west of the Argus Range. The southern part of the range lies in the restricted Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and the northern part of the range ...