modernization
Airborne Soldiers wrap up Spider networked munition system upgrade test
By Maj. Nayari Cameron, Test Officer, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Two units of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) wrapped up a test of an upgrade to the Spider munition system here, used to defend perimeters and support offensive ambushes and situational obstacles. […]
USAOTC makes 2 tentative job offers at Society of Women Engineers conference
By U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Two on-the-spot tentative job offers were made under the Army’s Expedited Hiring Authority (EHA) during the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) National Conference here Oct. 18-20. The SWE meetup is the world’s largest conference for women engineers with over 13,000 conference participants and 360 […]
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 […]
UPDATE: Airborne Soldiers test Spider networked munition system upgrade
Oct. 25, 2018; updated with two new photographs: Original release Oct. 11, 2018: By Maj. Nayari Cameron, Test Officer, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Two units of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) are testing an upgrade to the Spider munition system here, used […]
Chemical detection, decontamination system runs through operational test
By Mr. Clarence White, Military Test Plans Analyst, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs DUGWAY PROVING Ground, Utah — Over 60 Soldiers joined operational testers here, using the Contamination Indication Decontamination Assurance System (CIDAS) Small Scale Application Nerve (SSA-N) while conducting immediate decontamination missions. The initial operational test […]
