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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.

AMCOM commander outlines his vision for predictive maintenance to industry partners
November 19, 2021 — Maj. Gen. Todd Royar, the commander of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, spoke to leaders in the aviation community at the Joseph P. Cribbins Training, Equipping and Sustainment Symposium Nov. 17... MORE

The commander of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, spoke to leaders in the aviation community Nov. 17.

AMCOM Logistics Center ‘builds the bench’ with internship program
October 5, 2021 — The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command Logistics Center leadership realized their workforce was growing closer to retirement, which is why they started an internship program more than a decade ago... MORE

AMCOM offering new PATRIOT training for logistics assistance representatives
September 23, 2021 — U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command has a new weapon in its training arsenal after introducing a course designed for logistics assistance representatives who support the MIM-104 Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target surface-to-air missile system... MORE

405th AFSB Logistics Assistance Representative provides training to 2-1 CAB Soldiers during Saber Junction 21
September 21, 2021 — A U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command Logistics Assistance Representative assigned to the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, provided technical training to Soldiers with C Company's MEDEVAC flight crew from 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, while supporting Saber Junction 21 at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Sept. 14... MORE

AMCOM Logistics Center focuses on life cycle logistics, people
September 9, 2021 — The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command Logistics Center provides support for weapons systems from the earliest stages of development until the systems are removed from the Army’s inventory... MORE