U.S. Army Redstone Test Center, or RTC, is subordinate organization to the

United States Army Test and Evaluation Command 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.

, a direct reporting unit of the

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...

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 (RSA) is a United States Army post and a census-designated place (CDP) adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The Arsenal is a garriso ...

, AL.

History

The 2005

Base Realignment and Closure Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process by a United States federal government commission to increase United States Department of Defense efficiency by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the en ...

directed that the Aviation Technical Test Center in

Fort Rucker Fort Rucker is a U.S. Army post located primarily in Dale County, Alabama, United States. It was named for a Civil War officer, Confederate General Edmund Rucker. The post is the primary flight training installation for U.S. Army Aviators an ...

move to

and combine with the

Redstone Technical Test Center The Redstone Technical Test Center (RTTC) was one of the eight test centers that comprise the Developmental Test Command of the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command. RTTC conducted flight-testing of small rockets and guided missiles, and ...

. 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 The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC), formerly known as the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), a part of the U.S. Army Research, Development, and ...

. 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 agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeedi ...

. 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.

References

External links

ATEC Official WebsiteRedstone Test Center
*ATEC History http://www.atec.army.mil/history.html *ATEC Organization http://www.atec.army.mil/organization.html *RTC http://www.rtc.army.mil/ *RTC History http://www.rtc.army.mil/rttc.html *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 {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Research installations of the United States Army Military installations in Alabama 2010 establishments in Alabama

History

Operations

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