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
The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...
responsible for developmental testing, independent evaluations, assessments, and experiments of Army aviation, missiles and sensor equipment.
RTC is a tenant organization in
Redstone Arsenal
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 Statistica ...
, AL.
History
The 2005
Base Realignment and Closure
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) was a process by a Federal government of the United States, United States federal government commission to increase the efficiency of the United States Department of Defense by coordinating the realignment and ...
directed that the Aviation Technical Test Center in
Fort Rucker move to
Redstone Arsenal
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 Statistica ...
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 customer base that includes the department of homeland security, allied foreign countries, industry, and
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
.
RTC employs approximately 1,100 military, civilian and contract employees that are skilled test officers, flight test engineers, engineers, scientists, technicians, researchers and experimental test pilots. RTC is a highly reimbursable organization, meaning that the majority of its operating budget comes from direct charges to its customers.
See also
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Redstone Arsenal
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 Statistica ...
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United States Army Test and Evaluation Command
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...
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List of aerospace flight test centres
References
External links
ATEC Official WebsiteRedstone Test Center
*ATEC History https://www.atec.army.mil/history.html
*ATEC Organization https://www.atec.army.mil/organization.html
*RTC http://www.rtc.army.mil/
*RTC Histor
*Federal Labs Listing http://www.federallabs.org/labs/profile/?id=1332
*Command Change http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/08/col_patrick_mason_takes_comman.html, Megan Davidson, nasa.gov, 4 April 2014
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Research installations of the United States Army
Military installations in Alabama
2010 establishments in Alabama