Naval Test Wing Pacific's Naval Weapons Test Squadrons at Point Mugu (NWTSPM) employs five
NP-3D Orion aircraft for operations on the local Sea Range and for worldwide missile test support. Range missions include radar/visual safety surveillance, telemetry data collection and retransmission, Time, Space, Position Information (TSPI), high resolution optical collections and general Fleet support. The worldwide mission is broader, serving a large customer base which includes DoD constituents, foreign services, the Department of Energy (DoE) and more.