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 […]
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Stryker modification testing improves 2nd Infantry Division Soldier readiness
By Maj. Sonie Munson, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. — 2nd Infantry Division Soldiers trained for three weeks here on the newest Stryker as part of a proof in practice engineering change proposal (ECP). Legion Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team teamed […]
Black Jack, USAOTC complete testing of new Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle
By Maj. Carson Petry, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team ‘Black Jack,’ 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — 1st Cavalry Division Soldiers here completed a two-month program field testing the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) Sept. 24. 4th Squadron, 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment “Dark Horse,” 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team […]
Extended Range Gray Eagle version follow-on tests complete
By Capt. John A. Escalera, Test Officer, Fixed Wing/Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Test Division, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs AIR FORCE PLANT 42, Calif. – Aviation testers here recently completed testing of an improved Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) known as the MQ1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER). The GE-ER test […]
USAOTC to host Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
By U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The 25th Annual Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be hosted by U.S. Army Operational Test Command’s (USAOTC) Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) here at 9 a.m. Sept. 20. The 2018 Hall of Fame inductee, Chief Warrant Officer 2 […]
Army conducts first operational test of UH–60V Black Hawk helicopter digital cockpit
By Sgt. 1st Class Richard. A. Sosa, Rotary Division Research, Development, Test and Evaluation NCO, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command REDSTONE ARESENAL, Ala. – Experimental test pilots from Redstone Test Center (RTC) here teamed with operational pilots, crewmembers and ground troops from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), Fort Bragg, N.C. to […]
