U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command
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United States Army Test and Evaluation Command (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.
ATEC is located throughout the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii. Command headquarters is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
, and the Operational Evaluation Command and the Evaluation Analysis Center were combined to form the new U.S. Army Evaluation Center (AEC) located in APG.
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
responsible for developmental testing, independent operational testing, independent evaluations, assessments, and experiments of Army equipment.
ATEC is located throughout the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii. Command headquarters is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
History
Consolidation of all Army developmental and operational testing commands was approved by the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army on 18 November 1998. The decision led to the redesignation of the Operational Test and Evaluation Command (OPTEC) to ATEC on 1 October 1999. All major subordinate commands of OPTEC were redesignated as well with the Test and Evaluation command (TECOM) redesignated as the U.S. Army Developmental Test Command (DTC), at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland, the Test and Experimentation Command (TEXCOM) was redesignated the U.S. Army Operational Test Command (OTC), at Fort Hood, TexasFort Hood, Texas
Fort Hood is a United States military post located outside of Killeen, Texas. The post is named after Confederate General John Bell Hood. It islocated halfway between Austin and Waco, about from each, within the U.S. state of Texas....
, and the Operational Evaluation Command and the Evaluation Analysis Center were combined to form the new U.S. Army Evaluation Center (AEC) located in APG.
Operations
ATEC conducts testing for all branches of the military and maintains a large customer base that includes the National Security Agency, Joint Chiefs of Staff, allied foreign countries, and Congress. ATEC employs approximately 9,000 military, civilian and contract employees that are highly skilled test officers, engineers, scientists, technicians, researchers, and evaluators. ATEC is involved in over 1,100 tests daily that encompasses everything from individual weapons to National Missile Defense systems. The annual budget for the command is in excess of half a billion dollars.Test Centers
- Aberdeen Test CenterAberdeen Proving GroundAberdeen Proving Ground is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland, . Part of the facility is a census-designated place , which had a population of 3,116 at the 2000 census.- History :...
- West Desert Test CenterDugway Proving GroundDugway Proving Ground is a US Army facility located approximately 85 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah in southern Tooele County and just north of Juab County...
- Redstone Test CenterRedstone ArsenalRedstone Arsenal is a United States Army base and a census-designated place adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area...
- Aviation Test CenterRedstone ArsenalRedstone Arsenal is a United States Army base and a census-designated place adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area...
- Electronic Proving GroundFort HuachucaFort Huachuca is a United States Army installation under the command of the United States Army Installation Management Command. It is located in Cochise County, in southeast Arizona, about north of the border with Mexico. Beginning in 1913, for 20 years the fort was the base for the "Buffalo...
- Cold Region Test CenterFort GreelyFort Greely is a United States Army launch site for anti-ballistic missiles located approximately 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. It is also the home of the Cold Regions Test Center , as Fort Greely is one of the coldest areas in Alaska, and can accommodate cold, extreme cold, or...
- Tropic Regions Test Center
- White Sands Missile RangeWhite Sands Missile RangeWhite Sands Missile Range is a rocket range of almost in parts of five counties in southern New Mexico. The largest military installation in the United States, WSMR includes the and the WSMR Otera Mesa bombing range...
- Yuma Proving Ground
See also
- US ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
- Army Evaluation CenterAberdeen Proving GroundAberdeen Proving Ground is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland, . Part of the facility is a census-designated place , which had a population of 3,116 at the 2000 census.- History :...
- Developmental Test Command
- Operational Test Command