By Maj. Jennifer L. Vogel, Test Officer, Command and Control Test Division, Mission Command Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT BLISS, Texas – Soldiers and Leaders from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division tested the Command Post Computing Environment (CPCE) here during Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 18.2. Nov. 1 to […]
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Fort Bragg’s 5-73 CAV contributes to Mounted Computing Environment customer test at NIE 18.2
By Maj. Joe Brown and Mrs. Valerie Meverden, Mission Command Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT BLISS, Texas – “All American” Soldiers of 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 82nd Airborne Division, the first Army unit to exercise mission command and control utilizing the Mounted Computing Environment (MCE), put systems to test […]
Special Operations Command Soldiers test RA-1 Double Bag Static Line Parachute System, USASOC C-27J aircraft compatibility
By Mr. Rod Manke, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Okinawa-based Special Operations Soldiers traveled here to support an airdrop certification test of the RA-1 Parachute System in the Double Bag Static Line configuration with the C-27J aircraft. During the test, Soldiers of 1st […]
Airborne testing for next generation weapon sight complete
By Mr. Mike Shelton, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Static line airborne insertion testing is complete here on the next generation of weapon sights Soldiers are going to see in the future. The Family of Weapons Sights-Individual (FWS-I) is a broad program which modernizes direct fire […]
27th Eng. Bn. conducts Airdrop certification testing on new Airfield Damage Repair Kit
By Mr. Rod Manke, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs Fort Bragg, North Carolina – Six Soldiers from the 27th Engineer Battalion’s 161st Engineering Support Company are supporting airdrop certification testing of the Airfield Damage Repair Kit (ADR) scheduled June through September. The Army’s airborne engineer units are […]
Airborne testers conduct airdrop tests of new container delivery system
By Mr. Wayne Lovely, Test Officer, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The Army is operationally testing a new parachute with the A-24 container delivery system here. The G-15 parachute allows the bundles to be airdropped at higher speeds, more accurately, and closer to […]