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AMCOM celebrates 25th anniversary, historian reflects on how it began
July 18, 2022 — The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command workforce will mark the 25th anniversary of the command’s establishment with a weeklong celebration, July 18-22... MORE

A group of people in the shape of a two and a five.

AMCOM hosts advanced manufacturing workshop, welcomes industry partners
June 30, 2022 — Leaders from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command met with partners from industry and academia June 15-16 at the Army Aviation Advanced Manufacturing Workshop on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama... MORE

Hawaii- based logistics assistance rep selected as LAR of the Year
June 21, 2022 — Roberto (Marcelo) Castro, an AMCOM logistics assistance representative assigned to 402nd Aviation Forward Support Battalion in Hawaii, was selected as this year's LAR of the Year. AMCOM leaders, Command Sgt. Maj. Bradford Smith and Maj. Gen. Todd Royar, presented Castro the award during LARs' training on Redstone Arsenal, June 13. Castro will now go on to compete in the Army Materiel Command competition... MORE

DEMIL program office manages obsolete components and systems, ensures safety
May 26, 2022 — While the majority of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command is focused on new and emerging technology, the AMCOM Demilitarization Program Office is tasked with providing a safe retirement for older, obsolete weapons systems and their components... MORE

Advance Planning Briefings to Industry offers corporate partners ‘predictability, situational understanding’
April 1, 2022 — The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command hosted the Redstone Arsenal Center of Excellence — Advance Planning Briefings to Industry March 22-24 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama... MORE

Army Materiel Command Commanding General Gen. Edward Daly.

Cold spray technology enhances depot capabilities
March 31, 2022 — Integrating emerging technologies is a critical component of Letterkenny Army Depot’s — also called LEAD — modernization. Letterkenny Army Depot’s Modernization Strategy focuses on multiple lines of effort working in unison to allow the depot to sustain Army readiness, meet current Army demands and posture the depot to maintain future requirements... MORE

A welder at Letterkenny Army Depot demonstrates the cold spray advanced manufacturing initiative Feb. 2.

AMCOM’s Aviation Center Logistics Command has vital role in training Army aviators
March 23, 2022 — It’s often said that U.S. Army aviation begins at Fort Rucker, Alabama. To be more specific, it begins at Cairns Army Airfield on Fort Rucker and takes place in a pure fleet of UH-72 Lakota helicopters... MORE

U.S. Army Warrant Officer 1 Josh Bilby, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 145th Aviation Regiment, performs a hover taxi in a UH-72 Lakota Helicopter on Toth Stagefield Army Heliport, Fort Rucker, AL,. November 8, 2019.

AMCOM 101 for Missiles focuses on sustainment implications, readiness reporting
March 8, 2022 — The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command hosted its annual 101 for Missiles March 1-2 and it arguably could not have come at a more relevant time... MORE

Maj. Gen. Todd Royar, commander of U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, gives opening remarks at AMCOM 101 for Missiles March 1 at Bob Jones Auditorium on Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

AMCOM hosts modernization summit, showcases new technologies, processes
February 18, 2022 — Subject matter experts from throughout the Army, industry and academia gathered both in person and virtually for the first Organic Industrial Base Modernization Summit Feb. 8-11 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama... MORE

A 3D model of an aircraft searchlight cover was one of the first digital twin parts created by Wichita State University as part of its partnership with the Department of Defense.

AMCOM environmental engineers making strides in reducing use of toxic metals
December 6, 2021 — For the past 10 years, environmental engineers at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command have been working to reduce and eliminate the use of hexavalent chromium in aviation maintenance... MORE

A Corpus Christi Army Depot painter journeyman applies the new “Class N” primer undercoat to the first Army Black Hawk helicopter.