Camp Atterbury site to be used for advanced mobility testing
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The Indiana National Guard is providing space for Columbus-based PRŪV Mobility Ecosystem to further its mobility innovation research. The company has signed a 10-year lease for a portion of Camp Atterbury’s north post near Edinburgh to test next-generation advanced mobility developments, including autonomous vehicles.
Indiana’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Dale Lyles, made the announcement Friday morning alongside PRŪV CEO John Fairbanks.
The area that is being leased includes 10.2 miles of state-owned roadways behind a secure fence line, which the national guard says makes it “ideal for secure and confidential research, development and testing of advanced vehicle systems and technologies.”
PRŪV plans to make upgrades and infrastructure improvements at the site that the national guard said will support its current and future base operations.
The area, which is being described as a proving ground campus, will include a vehicle dynamics area, an urban street grid, rural roads, off-road terrain and support facilities. It will be available for use by vehicle, system and component developers, suppliers, technology companies, researchers and government entities.
“We are excited to open this testing site with a vision for an advanced proving ground campus in Indiana that provides companies in the advanced mobility sector a premier location to safely test and validate new technologies,” Fairbanks said in a news release. “As a tremendous asset for automotive and associated technology groups, mobility companies and the Department of Defense in developing, testing and deploying advancements in vehicle technologies, this flagship facility will create economic opportunity, support workforce development, and cement Indiana’s position as a leader in transportation innovation.”
The 10-year lease is valued at $940,000. It was not immediately clear if any jobs will be created as a result of the project.