The PMA Laboratory is a mobile measurement and alignment group that uses off-the-shelf optical instrumentation to perform three-dimensional measurements, modeling, reverse engineering, and quality assurance on spacecraft, spacecraft components, avionics packages, payloads, Ground Support Equipment, and NASA facilities to metrology standards (0.005”).

Capabilities/Specialized Equipment

• Laser tracker
• Laser radar
• Total station Theodolites
• FaroArm® portable coordinate measuring machine
• Optical levels
• Optical transits

Faro Coordinate Measuring Machine used to determine the angularity Measurements

Spherically Mounted Retroreflector and a laser tracker used to measure spring reaction plate bolt hole locations

Optical sight level used to measure deflection