WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — The media event scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 23, 2021 to celebrate promoting the commander of the U.S. Army Operational Test Command to brigadier general is cancelled. To escape possible inclement weather, the ceremony is moved to a small space indoors conducive to only family, […]
Army Modernization
Intel Soldiers test modern system to collect multi-intelligence for commanders
By Maj. Dacharvrick Collins, Test Officer, Intelligence Electronic Warfare Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona — Soldiers from Fort Gordon, Georgia, and Fort Bliss, Texas tested a new aerial intelligence platform designed to give battlefield commanders direct, timely and responsive multi-intelligence. They spent more than eight months training on the new […]
Mobile chemical laboratory test plays key role in Army modernization
The 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) Command’s CBRNE Analytical and Remediation Activity (CARA) processes chemical and biological samples in the Common Analytical Laboratory System Theatre Validation – Integrated System (CALS-TV-IS), while Sgt. 1st Class Barbara A. Baber, NCOIC of the operational test team acquires a situational report. (Photo by Mr. Tad Browning, […]
Army Airborne School replaces J-1 training parachute after testing new J-3 chute system
By Sgt. 1st Class Abdiel Kittler and Mr. James Cochran (JC), Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BENNING, Georgia — The Army’s newest airborne paratroopers will soon be learning how to jump using a new training parachute tested here recently. Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) certified test […]
Ft. Bragg Army test paratroopers check leading edge possible T-11 parachute replacements
By Sgt. 1st Class Marcus Love, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BRAGG, North Carolina — Certified test paratroopers of the Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate completed operational testing for the Next Generation Static Line (NGSL) parachute systems. For a potential modification or replacement of the T- 11, […]
Newest handheld leader radios get tested by elite Army Airborne forces
By Mr. Rick Michael, Mission Command Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BRAGG, North Carolina – Airborne Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, completed almost two weeks testing the Army’s newest small leader radio (LR) packages. “Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division demonstrated tactical communications at its […]
