The U.S. Army TARDEC Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory will contain facilities for evaluating the environment, power, electrical power architecture systems, electric components, pulse power and directed energy, thermal fluids, fuel cells and air flow filtration of an array of military vehicles. Groundbreaking for the new facility occurred August 17, with the facility expected to be operational in two years. GSPEL will be built alongside TARDEC's existing test facility at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Mich., represented by the blue structure at the top of the image.