By Robert Richardson, Test Officer, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – Chemical, engineer, and explosive ordinance disposal unit Soldiers here are joining a National Guard Civil Support Team to put the Army’s latest robotic system to the test. The Man Transportable Robotic System […]
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Ivy Division 2IBCT snipers fire 8-K rounds testing new small arms sniper rifle upgrade
By Maj. Michael P. Brabner, Test Officer, Maneuver Test Directorate, U.S. Operational Test Command FORT CARSON, Colo. — Eight Ivy Division snipers with the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team field tested an upgrade to the Army’s sniper rifle in the shadows of the fabled Rocky Mountains. Engineered as an upgrade to the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper […]
National Guard chemical troops test new deployable threat response system
By Lt. Col. Jeron Washington, Senior Test Officer, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Maryland and Delaware National Guard warfighters here are testing a new chemical and biological threat response system that can quickly deploy to contamination sites. “The Army needs to prepare and respond […]
Artillery Soldiers test software updates on high-tech targeting system
By Mr. Milan Hevr, Military Test & Plans Analyst, Fire Support Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT SILL, Okla. — Artillery troops here are testing updates to the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS), while providing feedback on what works and what does not on the sophisticated fire support system. AFATDS provides […]
New Army personnel, pay system tested by PA National Guard across 6 cities
By Lt. Col. Rudy Grimes, Senior Test Officer, Mission Command Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Despite numbing cold, whiteout snow conditions, high winds, freezing rain and occasional falling two-foot icicles, Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard (PAARNG) here are midway into testing a radically different personnel and […]
Operational test of commercial airmobile crane aims to improve Army battlefield aviation maintenance
By Sgt. 1st Class Richard. A. Sosa, Rotary Division Research, Development, Test and Evaluation NCO, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The ability of Army helicopter repairers to support maintenance in remote locations may improve enormously if the airmobile Expeditionary Crane proves effective in austere environments during operational […]
