Acoustic Testing Facility

Progeny Systems owns and operates an open water acoustic test facility in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The floating test barge is permanently moored in a quarry that is approximately 300 ft x 500 ft x 75 ft deep. The facility is accessible from a floating walkway. Contained within the barge's 700 square-foot interior are one main test pool and four smaller test pools. A synchronous rotator and shaft can accommodate any test depth within an angular resolution of ±0.1 degrees. The facility is climate controlled and useable year round as the water around the perimeter is kept ice free in winter.

The facility is outfitted with the latest National Instruments PXI digital instrumentation suite, Instruments Inc. L20 amplifier, calibrated reference projectors and hydrophones. The test site is capable of performing a full spectrum of flow and high frequency acoustic measurements. Acoustic measurements are performed in accordance with ANSI-SI.20-1988 Procedures for Calibration of Underwater Electroacoustic Transducers and are referenced to standard hydrophones and projectors calibrated by NUWC/USRD.