By Mr. Archie C. Kinnebrew Jr., Test Officer, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky — Screaming Eagle Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division completed testing a modernized version of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter during the recent exercise, Operation Lethal Eagle (OLE). Mr. James Adams, with U.S. Army Operational Test Command’s […]
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Airborne U.S. Army Special Operations Command troops test new RA-1 Ram Air parachute automatic activation device
By Mr. Richard Hedgecock, Military Test Plans Analyst, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BRAGG, North Carolina – Airborne equipment testers here are busy with Special Operations Soldiers testing the Army’s newest Enhanced Electronic Automatic Activation Device (EEAAD). The Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) is gathering data […]
Initial operational test begins on Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense System
By Mr. John Kimball & Mr. Robert Yelder, Air and Missile Defense Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico – Air Defense Artillery Soldiers from Fort Bliss, Texas here are testing a new equipment system linking sensors with shooters across the battlefield. Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air […]
Ft. Bliss Air Defense Soldiers provide data testing new Integrated Air and Missile Defense system
By Lt. Col. David P. McCoy, Test Division Chief, Air and Missile Defense Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico — Air Defense Artillery Soldiers recently entered the last phase for operational testing of the newest Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) system. The test, which validates the […]
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 […]
Field Artillery Soldiers test self-propelled Howitzer upgrade reliability
By Capt. Matt Campbell, Test Officer, Fire Support Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona — Fourteen Field Artillery Soldiers here tested new breech upgraded components on the M109A7 self-propelled Howitzer, aimed at increasing the system’s overall reliability. The M109A7 is currently fielded to three battalions and will eventually […]
