Working towards a safe and secure world
Working towards a safe and secure world
A £7 million investment in the latest forensic science technology including a virtual reality autopsy table, crime scene investigation rooms, crime scene house and a simulated mass grave excavation site has created a new forensic science teaching and research facility at our Cranfield campus which is unparalleled in the UK.
Cranfield Impact Centre is one of just two FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) approved test centres in the world, crash testing Formula One vehicles and impact testing restraint systems and seats.
At Shrivenham on the Defence Academy secure site, there are laboratories and facilities allowing investigation and design of radar systems and waveforms; communication networks and devices; autonomous platforms and intelligent systems. There are also facilities that enable the analysis and characterisation, testing, ageing and disposal of a wide range of materials including explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, fuels and polymers.
The Cranfield Ordnance Test and Evaluation Centre (COTEC) is located on Salisbury Plain where we test materials and weapons for governments’ agencies, defence suppliers and manufacturers.
We have a unique hands-on teaching facility for working with wreckage and evidence from rail, marine and aircraft accidents.