A proving ground (US) is an installation or reservation in which technology such as weapons, military tactics and automobile prototypes are experimented with or tested. Proving grounds can be operated by government bodies or civilian industries. They are distinct from military training areas which are run by the military and intended for the routine training and exercising of troops across the terrain.

Military and government

Germany

Russia / Former Soviet Union

In Russia, a designated area is usually called a "polygon" (Полигон).

South Korea

Sweden

  • Bofors Test Center[6]

United States

In the United States, there are several military facilities that have been explicitly designated as proving grounds.

Automotive

Automotive proving grounds[7] or automotive test tracks serve the automotive industry for road vehicle testing. In the automotive development process, vehicle manufacturers typically test the behaviour of vehicles in various environments and traffic situations. Conventional vehicle testing usually focuses on the dynamic properties of vehicles. Test tracks generally encompass the engineering tasks of vehicle testing and validation.

With the advent of self-driving cars, new proving grounds specially dedicated for them have appeared, and existing conventional proving grounds have been retooled for the testing of highly automated or fully autonomous vehicles.

Automaker-owned

Independent

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Footnotes

  1. Lewis, Jeffrey (28 June 2017). "Anheung Proving Ground". Arms Control Wonk. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017.
  2. Lewis, Jeffrey (24 June 2017). "South Korean President Moon watched a missile test. We don't pay enough attention to South Korea's missiles. 1/". Twitter. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. "Changwon Proving Ground". Agency for Defense Development.
  4. "Facilities". Agency for Defense Development.
  5. "Pocheon (Darakdae Proving Ground)". Agency for Defense Development.
  6. "Proving Ground". Bofors Test Center. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  7. Szalay, Zs.; Nyerges, Á.; Hamar, H.; Hesz, M. (2017). "Technical Specification Methodology for an Automotive Proving Ground Dedicated to Connected and Automated Vehicles". Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering. 45 (3): 168–174. doi:10.3311/PPtr.10708.
  8. Tom. "A Swedish test track. Hällered Proving Ground". Saab blog. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  9. Szalay, Zs.; Nyerges, Á.; Hamar, H.; Hesz, M. (2017). "Technical Specification Methodology for an Automotive Proving Ground Dedicated to Connected and Automated Vehicles". Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering. 45 (3): 168–174. doi:10.3311/PPtr.10708.
  10. "Arctic Falls". Arctic Falls. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  11. "Arctic Falls expanding with new proving ground in Sweden". European Rubber Journal. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  12. "AstaZero". AstaZero. Research Institutes of Sweden. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  13. "Baudette Proving Ground". Bosch. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  14. "Boxberg Proving Ground". Bosch. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  15. "Bridgestone Proving Ground". Bridgestone. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  16. "Welcome to Colmis Proving Ground". Colmis. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  17. "Donghai Proving Ground". Bosch. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  18. "Flat Rock Proving Ground". Bosch. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  19. "Icemakers". Icemakers. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  20. "Juvincourt Proving Ground". Bosch. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  21. "Proving ground test track". Maxxis. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  22. 1 2 3 "The Bosch proving grounds". Bosch. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  23. "PIRELLI'S WINTER PROVING GROUND BECOMES OPERATIONAL IN SUMMER AS WELL" (Press release). Pirelli. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  24. "Tjintokk". Tjintokk (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  25. KFZ-Testcenter, Triwo. "Teststrecken-Kalender | Triwo KFZ-Testcenter". www.triwo-testcenter.de (in German). Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  26. "ABOUT UTAC" (in French). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  27. "Winter test center Vaitoudden". Bosch. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  28. "Winter test center Yakeshi". Bosch. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

Further reading

  • Edwin A. Martini (ed.), Proving Grounds: Militarized Landscapes, Weapons Testing, and the Environmental Impact of US Bases. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2015.
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