Bell Helicopter’s Air Vehicle Concept Demonstrator aircraft, funded under the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstration program, was flown for the first time by an Army pilot Feb. 7. Chief Warrant Officer 3, Tom Wiggins, of the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command conducted the flight at the Bell Flight Test Facility in Amarillo, Tex. During the…
Army Technologies Participate In Counter-UAS Demonstration
Several U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center technologies were in play during the Department of Defense’s largest live-fly, live-fire counter-unmanned aerial system technology demonstration Sept. 11-23 here. Black Dart 2016’s mission was to assess the DOD, interagency and industry’s counter-UAS capabilities, according to Navy Cmdr. Ryan B. Leary, Black Dart project…
NASA Test Fires New Rocket with Army Motor
When the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center test fired the Peregrine rocket, Feb. 10, members of the local Army research and development community watched with great interest. The igniter motor for the NASA Peregrine was developed and characterized by U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center, or AMRDEC, engineers in a unique…