The Shirley Lab operates two dedicated testing facilities in Oklahoma — Infinity One Oklahoma Spaceport at Burns Flat and the Green Valley Farms field testing facility. Together they cover the full UAS development lifecycle: high-altitude fixed-wing, rotary-wing, FPV, autonomous swarms, and field tactical deployment.
Formerly Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark — home to one of the longest runways in North America, originally built for B-52 bomber operations. Now one of only 14 FAA-licensed spaceports in the United States, operated by the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA).
The facility's runway length and remote location in western Oklahoma make it ideal for long-endurance UAS test flights, supersonic-capable drone operations, and future hypersonic vehicle testing. Automated detect-and-avoid (DAA) systems are already deployed, enabling beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations under FAA authorization.
The 13,503-foot runway accommodates jet-powered UAS including Kratos Valkyrie class and future supersonic platforms. Supports full-envelope flight testing from takeoff through recovery.
FAA-authorized BVLOS with active DAA systems. Long-endurance ISR profile testing, persistent surveillance scenarios, and autonomous navigation program development.
Licensed for commercial space vehicle operations. eVTOL certification testing corridor. Future hypersonic test article launches with appropriate safety corridors in remote western Oklahoma.
Secure hangar facilities and controlled airspace coordination with Vance AFB and associated Military Operations Areas. Support for programs requiring operational security.
Remote western Oklahoma location with limited RF interference. Controlled spectrum environment for EW payload testing, GPS-denied navigation scenarios, and frequency management.
100-acre ramp and surrounding airspace support coordinated multi-vehicle operations. Autonomous swarm algorithm testing with full telemetry and distributed command infrastructure.
A dedicated ground-level field testing facility for the unmanned systems that operate below the airspace — FPV combat drones, loitering munitions, field-deployable ISR platforms, and recovery operations. Real terrain, variable conditions, and the kind of operational complexity that hangar testing cannot replicate.
The Ukraine UAV partnership makes this facility critical. Ukrainian combat experience demonstrates repeatedly that small FPV drones operating at low altitude in complex terrain are decisive — and that testing them in controlled laboratory conditions produces systems that fail in the field. Green Valley Farms exists to close that gap.
Real-terrain FPV flight testing for Ukrainian-derived and domestically developed combat drone designs. Ground-truth performance data that simulates actual operational conditions.
Testing of rapid field repair procedures, modular component replacement, and forward-deployed maintenance workflows. Validates logistics chains designed for high-attrition operational environments.
Scripted and free-play tactical scenarios for ISR drones, loitering munitions, and communications relay platforms. Supports joint operational testing with Ukrainian partner teams.
Attritable system recovery operations. Testing reuse rates and refurbishment cycles that determine the true lifecycle cost of high-volume drone procurement programs.
GPS-denied navigation, RF-contested environment simulation, and mesh networking protocols for swarm command-and-control. Testing designed around Ukraine's documented EW threat environment.
On-site exercises with Ukrainian operators sharing combat-developed tactics, techniques, and procedures. The knowledge transfer that makes the international partnership operationally meaningful.