Y-12 Technology Applications Center

The Y-12 Technology Applications Center (Y-12 TAC), established with more than 20 years of testing and evaluation experience at the Y‑12 National Security Complex, provides a dedicated resource to technology providers and groups procuring security technologies.

Y-12 TAC helps determine a security technology's value by testing in real-world settings. As an unbiased and independent organization, Y-12 TAC provides a qualitative look at the technology's performance and answers the tough question: “Will the system work effectively when needed?”

A Y-12 TAC test subject assists in the evaluation of an access control technology.

Our customers can reliably draw upon on Y‑12’s extensive experience with and expertise in a many current security technologies.

Both the technology provider and the technology buyer derive significant benefits from the rigorous methodology we employ in our professional, standards-based testing and evaluation.

Still wondering whether TAC at the Y-12 National Security Complex is the best choice for testing your security technology? Then see Why Y‑12 TAC?