European Test Services (ETS) B.V. – test facility services

What We Do

European Test Services (ETS) B.V. – an AIRBUS and IABG joint venture – serves as the driving force behind the operations and maintenance of the prestigious European Space Agency (ESA) test centre, located in the Netherlands.

We offer a comprehensive suite of essential services for the space sector and beyond. Using the state-of-the-art ESA test facilities, our offerings cover a wide spectrum of critical tests, including shock, vibration, acoustic noise, thermal vacuum, sun simulation, and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) assessments.

At ETS, we are more than a service provider; rather, we function as your strategic partners in qualifying your equipment. Whether you’re planning a mission to Mars, ensuring the robustness of your wind turbine farm, or embarking on any other ambitious engineering project, rest assured that ETS can support you on the journey toward technical mastery and innovation.

Aerospace - European Test Services (ETS) B.V.

Aerospace

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We perform all tests to qualify your electronic boxes, mechanisms, structures, solar wings, payloads, micro satellites and large scientific satellites.

Rolling stock - European Test Services

Rolling stock

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We perform EN 61373 vibration and shock tests even on items of up to 20 tons and items that cover 25m2.

Energy - European Test Services

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We perform vibration and shock tests on your windmill and power plant transformers, converters and cabinets.

Seismic - European Test Services

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We perform seismic tests to qualify your equipment for earth quake sensitive installations.

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TESTIMONIALS

What People Are Saying

To whom it may concern,

I am writing this letter to recommend the services of European Test Services (ETS) B.V. Since many years ETS provides facility test services for Bradford Engineering and specifically for the large series of component vibration tests ETS did a great job.

ETS personnel has proven to be well experienced and adequate for the job. ETS manages changes adequately and shows flexibility to the extent possible. As a point of attention, ETS could improve on the throughput time of testing, which would strengthen its competitiveness in the market.

I can recommend their services.

Bradford Engineering B.V.

We are writing this letter to recommend the excellent services of European Test Services (ETS) B.V.

Since many years, ETS provides facility test services for OHB System AG and specifically for the PLATO PLM STM test campaigns ETS did an outstanding job.

ETS personnel has proven to be well experienced and adequate for the job. ETS managed well the daily information exchange, necessary changes and, thanks to the flexibility of ETS personnel, the de­ livery of urgent requests in time.

I am confident about the services of ETS and I can surely recommend their services.

OHB System AG

We are writing this letter to recommend the very good services of European Test Services (ETS) B.V. Since many years ETS provides facility test services for OHB System AG and specifically for the Galileo FOC test campaigns. ETS did a very good job in providing their services to OHB for testing 34 Galileo Satellites.

The last 12 SCs (of Galileo batch 3) were fully tested in ETS during the very challenging time of the COVID19 pandemic, but despite that, ETS accomplished all their tasks and they have successfully overcome all the challenges during this difficult time.

ETS personnel has proven to be well experienced and fully up to the tasks at hand. ETS managed changes well and thanks to the flexibility of their personnel, ETS managed to stay within the test planning for all Batch 3 satellites.

We would herewith like to express our appreciation for years of fruitful cooperation; we look forward to working with ETS in the future and can surely recommend their services.

OHB System AG

To whom it may concern,

I am writing this letter to recommend the excellent services of European Test Services (ETS) B.V. Since many years ETS provides facility test services for Airbus Defence and Space. Specifically, the JUICE project (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, developed by Airbus in contract for ESA) performed a Thermal Balance / Thermal Vacuum Test (TBTV) at ETS during summer 2021. ETS did an outstanding job all along the project, from test preparation, execution to reporting.

ETS personnel has proven to be very experienced and adequate for the job. ETS demonstrated high flexibility to accommodate changes to the test baseline in an efficient manner, as well as to support the aggressive working pattern adopted by the project at ETS to preserve the test schedule. ETS also provided adequate working areas and environment to the Airbus team, and generally speaking ETS made sure that the stay of our team during the 2-months campaign was as comfortable and pleasant as possible.

The contractual relationship with ETS has been very smooth, all contractual topics (including contract closeout) have been managed in a very pragmatic and efficient manner. I am highly appreciative about the services of ETS and I can surely recommend their services.

AIRBUS

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