A NAMSA technician calibrating an AC/DC generator. Photo: NAMSA

NAMSA provides laboratory and field calibration services on standards and on precision measuring and test equipment deployed within European NATO countries up to Secondary Reference Level.

The NAMSA calibration facilities comprise:

• NATO’s only Secondary Reference Laboratory, where primary calibration standards are maintained, under strict technical control and environmental conditions, to provide the measurement traceability required by the Field Calibration Section and the Precision Measuring Equipment Laboratory.
• A Field Calibration Section, which transports various sets of secondary transfer standards on-site, either in mobile laboratories or in specially designed containers, to be used on a scheduled or ad hoc basis.
• A Precision Measuring Equipment Laboratory (PMEL), located at Geilenkirchen (Germany), which provides calibration support to all the precision measuring equipment belonging to the NAEW E3A Component.
• A maintenance workshop to support all NAMSA standards and precision measuring and test equipment. A spare parts stock, library and technical documentation and records support the work of the facility and are drawn upon to satisfy requests for repair and technical assistance from NATO member countries and bodies.
• The administrative management of the Electro-Magnetic Effects Protection Team (EMEP Team), which comes under the operational control of another NATO body – the NATO Communication and Information Systems (CIS) Services Agency (NCSA).

For further information please contact: Calibration@namsa.nato.int

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