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, […]
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MEDIA ADVISORY: OTC to host 26th Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony
By U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD, Texas — The 26th Annual Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be hosted by U.S. Army Operational Test Command here at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The 2019 Hall of Fame inductee, William Ralph (Bill) Fesler of Lampasas, Texas, will be honored for his […]
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 […]
U.S. Army Operational Test Command to celebrate 50 years of dedicated equipment testing
By U.S. Army Operational Testing Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD, Texas — A small group of military and civilian employees met in a III Corps Headquarters storage room on Oct. 1, 1969, launching a unique equipment test organization that has now spanned 50 years. Those humble beginnings of the Army’s only independent operational tester […]
41st Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame inductee selected
By U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD, Texas — A Central Texas resident has been selected as the 2019 inductee to the U.S. Army Operational Test Command’s Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame. William Ralph (Bill) Fesler of Lampasas, Texas, has been named the 41st HOF inductee and will be honored in […]
Ft. Hood opens Technology Integration Center, bonding Army testing, academic, community, industry partners
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command WEST FORT HOOD, Texas — A new building serving as a technology collaboration hub opened here Wednesday, along with an announcement of a cyber education plan among FORT HOOD’s academic, community, and industry partners. The Army Test and Evaluation Command’s Technology Integration Center (ATIC) was dedicated […]
