By Maj. Michael P. Brabner, Test Officer, Maneuver Test Directorate, U.S. Operational Test Command Yuma Test Center, Arizona. — Deep in the desert here, two Ivy Division tank crews of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team recently tested the Army’s newest 120mm tactical service round. Under 112 degree-plus heat, they simulated combat missions with full […]
Fort Benning
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 […]
Infantry Soldiers test short-range reconnaissance unmanned aircraft amid COVID-19
By Sgt. 1st Class Leonel Rubio, Test and Evaluation NCO, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BENNING, Georgia — The Corona Virus could not stop Infantry Soldiers here from testing some new tools — drones small enough to fit in their rucksacks. The Rucksack Portable Unmanned Aircraft Systems (RPUAS) represents a Short-Range […]
Ft. Benning Rangers jump test new backpack systems for forced entry operations
By Sgt. 1st Class Ian Seymour, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BENNING, Georgia – Army Rangers here are evaluating three Mystery Ranch backpack variations by jumping out of U.S. Air Force C–130 Hercules aircraft. The three commercial off the shelf variants tested by Soldiers with the 75th Ranger […]
