REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (Dec. 4, 2015) -- A U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command senior leader visited the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center Dec. 2.
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, the director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center and deputy commanding general for Futures, TRADOC, toured the Prototype Integration Facility, a rapid response, prototype facility, as well as the Software Engineering Directorate. He was accompanied by deputy commanding general for the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Todd and ARCIC's Command Sergeant Major Stephen J. Travers.
McMaster received a brief from AMRDEC Director James Lackey, senior leaders, and supporting staff. The briefing focused on sustaining AMRDEC's current programs, while expanding the center's Science and Technology portfolio for the future.
Lackey explained that these organizational exchanges are not only beneficial at the command level, but the DoD level as well. As AMRDEC continues to adapt to Army needs and evolving requirements specified by ARCIC, the ultimate impact is felt by the Warfighter.
"This was a great opportunity for AMRDEC value and our work products to be highlighted and shown to a very critical stakeholder within the Army Enterprise," Lackey stated. "We team very closely with the requirements community to ensure everything we do is user informed for a deliberate purpose and effective outcome."
According to its mission statement, ARCIC seeks to develop, evaluate, and integrate concepts, requirements, and solutions for the Army to provide Soldiers and units the capabilities they need to support Combatant Commanders.
Lackey said, "In firm alignment with the AMC and RDECOM missions, AMRDEC aviation, missile, and other enterprise activities will be central to ensure Warfighter overmatch is secure well into the 21st century."
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The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center is part of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, which has the mission to ensure decisive overmatch for unified land operations to empower the Army, the joint warfighter and our nation. RDECOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command.
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