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We are AvMC – the Army’s primary center for developing, integrating, demonstrating and sustaining Army aviation and missile systems. For more than six decades, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center has delivered cutting-edge aviation and missile technologies, and it continues to drive the advancement of future capabilities to ensure war-winning future readiness and battlefield dominance.
We are the innovators, researchers, and the world-class scientists and engineers who are driving the discoveries and innovations critical to realizing the new capabilities for the Army of the future.
The technology experts who put state-of-the-art software into Soldiers' hands.
The pioneers and creators of the aviation & missile solutions our Warfighters need.
Responsive engineering expertise - the Army's delegated airworthiness authority.
Thank you to the The University of Alabama in Huntsville for hosting today's summer student GEMS excursion…
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“The job that we do to support our military and make sure they have the best weapons, and always have the advantage, is truly important.”…
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In 1962, the U.S. Army Missile Command, which included the Directorate of Research and Development, was…
“Shannon leads by example within the DEVCOM AvMC HR team, consistently prioritizing the well-being of not only her HR colleagues but all AvMC employees. Her dedication and proactive approach make her an invaluable leader.”
We are now hitting the limits of quantum mechanics, and the speed of light within the processor and you can only go so fast before the electrons don't do what they need to anymore. Technology said, ‘what if you have more than one processor?’ So instead of going faster, we went wider.”
DEVCOM AvMC showcased its Cockpit Academic Procedural Tool - Enhanced Visual Control System, or CAPT-EVCS, a classroom enhancer for pilots that is designed to look, feel and even smell like a helicopter.
“We had to add in winds and gusts and make sure that they could onboard 7,000 pounds of water and then drop it in a couple of seconds."