Dugway Proving Ground is a testing center located in the Great Salt Lake Desert about 85 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. Dugway is the Nation’s premier defense proving ground that provides high quality testing, data and information. Dugway’s mission is to protect America’s war fighters, citizens and allies against present and emerging threats by using recognized quality standards and processes; to advance technology and support all aspects of chemical and biological defense, meteorology smoke, obscurants, illumination,, and munitions testing.
