By Sgt. 1st Class Leonel Rubio, Test and Evaluation NCO, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BLISS, Texas — Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) operators from the 1st Armored Division (1AD) are wrapping up operational testing of the new RQ–7B Shadow Block III system here while exploiting their operational skills. Operators flew […]
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U.S. Army Operational Test Command welcomes new command sergeant major
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs Officer WEST FORT HOOD, Texas — A new command sergeant major taking over as standard bearer of the U.S. Army Operational Test Command was welcomed in a ceremony here Friday. Command Sgt. Maj. Martin M. Conroy arrived after serving as command sergeant major […]
2ID Soldiers test upgraded Anti-Tank Guided Missile Stryker targeting system
8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment Soldiers prepare to execute an optically tracked wire guided (TOW) live-fire at Yakima Training Center, Washington during operational testing of the Stryker Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) vehicle. (Photo by Lawrence Boyd, Visual Information Specialist, U.S. Army Operational Test Command) By Maj. Jacob Baker, Test Officer, Maneuver Test Directorate, U.S. Army […]
Media Advisory: U.S. Army Operational Test Command to hold CSM assumption of responsibility ceremony Friday
WEST FORT HOOD, Texas – The U.S. Army Operational Test Command will hold a command sergeant major assumption of responsibility ceremony at its headquarters here Friday at 10 a.m. Command Sgt. Maj. Martin M. Conroy will arrive after serving as command sergeant major of the 181st Infantry Brigade, First Army Division West at Fort McCoy, […]
Central Texas man becomes 42nd inductee at Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame ceremony
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD, Texas — A Central Texas man who tested Army equipment for four decades was honored here as the newest inductee into the Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame. Dr. Richard A. Kass of Bastrop, Texas, became the 42nd member of the U.S. […]
3CR Soldiers test new system to help navigate without GPS at White Sands
By Maj. Matthew Truax, Test Officer, Intelligence Electronic Warfare Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico — Eighteen Soldiers from FORT HOOD, Texas, conducted night missions in a GPS degraded environment here using a new Army navigation tool called Mounted Assured Positioning and Timing System (MAPS). The 3rd Cavalry […]
