By Capt. Christopher Biddie, Test Officer, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT CARSON, Colorado — 4th Infantry Division Soldiers here finished the final phases of testing a new battlefield smoke-producing system to conceal units during combat. The Screen Obscuration Module (SOM), which can be mounted to any vehicle or used dismounted, produces a billow of […]
Army Readiness
Army Vice Chief of Staff gives 50th birthday shoutout to Operational Test Command
Gen. Joseph M. Martin, U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff, gives a shout-out to the West FORT HOOD, Texas-based U.S. Army Operational Test Command (OTC) for its birthday to help celebrate 50 years of Operational Testing since October 1, 1969. Martin commanded OTC June 2012 – April 2013. Operational testing began Oct. 1, 1969, and […]
New parachute system tested at Ft. Bragg for faster low altitude airdrops
By Mr. Wayne Lovely, Military Test Plans Analyst, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT BRAGG, North Carolina – 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers tested a parachute system that delivers military equipment and mass supply loads at lower altitudes during tactical airdrop operations. Soldiers from 151st Quartermaster Company, 11th […]
Ft. Hood Chemical, MP Soldiers test new decontamination system
By Mr. Clarence White, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HOOD, Texas – Military Police joined Chemical Soldiers here to conduct operational testing of a new decontamination system for vehicles and other ground-based platforms. Using their currently fielded decontamination applicators, the 411th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, […]
82nd Airborne tests new portable robot for individual Soldiers
By Maj. Jacob Baker, Test Officer, Maneuver Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BRAGG, North Carolina — A new robot that can be transported by an individual Soldier conducting dismounted operations is being tested by the 82nd Airborne Division. During a three-week operational test, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team’s mission was to validate […]
Army conducts Initial Operational Test of modernized UH–60V Black Hawk helicopter digital cockpit
By Sgt. 1st Class Leonel Rubio, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation NCO, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington — Combat aviators here are conducting operational tests of Army modernization efforts using three UH-60V Black Hawk helicopters. The UH-60V Black Hawk will retrofit the Army’s remaining UH-60L helicopter fleet’s analog […]
