The Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center’s Software Engineering Directorate’s Army Game Studio, in coordination with Army Capabilities Integration Center, is developing the Early Synthetic Prototyping pilot: Operation Overmatch. Early Synthetic Prototyping is a process and set of tools that enable Warfighters to inform technology development and acquisition decisions by designing and assessing…
US And UK Develop Closer Ties On Rotorcraft Research
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense, Defense Science and Technology Lab recently hosted a team from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center as part of the information exchange agreement covering advanced rotorcraft systems. The AMRDEC team was led by Dr. William Lewis, director of Aviation Development. The DSTL team was…
AMRDEC Selects Senior Research Scientist For Radio Frequency Sensors
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center announces the selection of Brian J. Smith, Ph.D., as the senior research scientist, known as ST, for the Weapons Development and Integration Directorate, or WID, Radio Frequency Sensors Technology Division. Smith joins a select group of less than 50 other Army STs charged with…
Experts Collaborate On NATO Aircraft Improvements
Due to the aging of North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s collective fleets of rotorcraft, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center is leading a team of experts to identify capabilities and technologies needed in future NATO aircraft. During a NATO Science & Technology Organization Applied Vehicle Technology Panel Specialist meeting in Prague,…
AMRDEC Collaboration With Auburn To Develop Training For FAA
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center is collaborating with Auburn University and the Federal Aviation Administration to develop innovative aviation learning and training modules using virtual, interactive and multimedia technology. Rapid prototyping of gaming technology tools will ensure that the computer-generated training environments are user-friendly and customizable. On June 6, AMRDEC…
AMRDEC Technologies To Improve Air And Missile Defense
Engineers at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center are working on a trio of technologies to explore improving existing air and missile defense designs at lower costs and in less development time. Each of the technologies was developed out of a demand from the Warfighter. Investment in current missile weapons…
ADD Participation in NATO Flight Trials
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center is currently taking part in the European NATO Degraded Visual Environment Flight Trials Event in Germany and Switzerland. Operations in DVE are the primary contributing factor to most Army aviation accidents over the last decade. In Germany, the testing will focus on rain and fog…
Patent Awarded For ‘Novel’ Projectile Launcher Design
The U.S. government has awarded a patent to an employee of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center, for a design that reduces munition weight and volume for projectile launchers. The patented design by the employee, Paul Jackson, reduces total munition weight and volume by providing a projectile launcher with a…