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U.S. Army Redstone Test Center
U.S. Army Redstone Test Center, or RTC, is subordinate organization to the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command, a direct reporting unit of the United States Army responsible for developmental testing, independent evaluations, assessments, and experiments of Army aviation, missiles and sensor equipment. RTC is a tenant organization in Redstone Arsenal, AL. History The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure directed that the Aviation Technical Test Center in Fort Rucker move to Redstone Arsenal and combine with the Redstone Technical Test Center. RTC was stood up in October 2010. Operations RTC's largest customers are Program Executive Office Aviation, and Program Executive Office Missiles and Space along with Program Manager Aircraft Survivability Equipment and the Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center. In addition to supporting Army acquisition efforts, RTC conducts testing with all branches of the military and maintains an extended c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Redstone or Red Stone may refer to: Military * Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, a U.S. Army base ** Redstone (rocket family), a U.S. missile and support system, named for the Arsenal ** PGM-11 Redstone, U.S. missile and carrier rocket, namesake of the family * USNS ''Redstone'' (T-AGM-20), a tracking/communications ship supporting the Apollo program * Redstone Old Fort, an 18th-century military post in western Pennsylvania People * Brent Redstone (b. c. 1951), American heir and businessman * Michael Redstone (1902–1987), American businessman * Peter William Redstone (1936–2016), English harpsichord maker * Shari Redstone (b. 1954), American heiress, businesswoman, and philanthropist * Sumner Redstone (1923–2020), American media magnate * Vincent Burrough Redstone, Suffolk educationalist and historian * Willy Redstone orig. Rottenstein (1883–1949), French composer in England and Australia * Jeff Locke (baseball) (b. 1987), American professional baseball pitcher nicknamed "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Redstone Arsenal is a United States Army base adjacent to Huntsville, Alabama in the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. A census-designated place in Madison County, Alabama, United States, it is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The Arsenal is a host to over 75 tenant agencies including the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and NASA's largest field center, the Marshall Space Flight Center. The Arsenal today contains a government and contractor workforce that averages 36,000 to 40,000 personnel daily. The base has benefited from decisions by the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission and has a residential population of 837 as of 2020. Established during World War II as a chemical manufacturing facility, in the immediate post-war era the Arsenal was used for research and development by Nazi German rocket scientists who were brought to the United States as part of Operation Papercl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel (United States)
A colonel () in the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps, United States Air Force, Air Force and United States Space Force, Space Force, is the most senior field officer, field-grade United States Military, military Officer (armed forces), officer military rank, rank, immediately above the rank of Lieutenant colonel (United States), lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general. Colonel is equivalent to the naval rank of Captain (United States O-6), captain in the other Uniformed services of the United States, uniformed services. By law, an officer previously required at least 22 years of cumulative service and a minimum of three years as a lieutenant colonel before being promoted to colonel. With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (NDAA 2019), military services now have the authorization to directly commission new officers up to the rank of colonel. The U.S. uniformed service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army Test And Evaluation Command
The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, or ATEC, is a direct reporting unit of the United States Army responsible for developmental testing, independent operational testing, independent evaluations, assessments, and experiments of Army equipment. As a direct reporting unit (DRU) under the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, ATEC informs Army senior leaders of testing and evaluation activities. ATEC is located throughout the continental United States and Hawaii. Command headquarters is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. History Consolidation of all existing U.S. Army developmental and operational testing commands was approved by the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army on 18 November 1998. This decision led to the redesignation of Operational Test and Evaluation Command (OPTEC) to the Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) on 1 October 1999. All major subordinate commands of OPTEC were redesignated as well with the original U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (TECOM) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
