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1956 to present | 34° 40' 39.16'' N 86° 41' 4'' W | 6m SW of Huntsville, AL, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama | ICAO: KHUA | IATA: | FAA: HUA | Elevation: 680 feet |
US Army Program Executive Office for Aviation (PEO Aviation) is the manager for 10 project offices including: Apache Helicopters, Aviation Mission Systems & Architecture, Aviation Turbine Engine, Cargo Helicopters, Fixed Wing Aircraft, Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, Future Long-Range Attack Aircraft, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Utility Helicopters, and Multinational Aviation Special Projects.
The organization's primary responsibility is to design, develop, deliver and support advanced aviation capabilities
List of units at Redstone Army Airfield |
Redstone Army Airfield News |
17-Sep-21 - US Army Redstone Arsenal showcased the the binocular color high definition see-thru helmet mounted display (HMD) of the AH-64E Version 6 Apache Attack Helicopter #helmet
15-Apr-21 - Sikorsky S-97 Raider helicopter completed demonstration agility at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama home of US Army Future Vertical Lift (FVL) team #Raider
22-Dec-20 - Boeing signed $83M 5-year extension indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to support US Army’s 700 AH-64 Apache fleet. Contract to provide field service representatives (FSR) trace back to 1985 #Huntsville
19-Sep-20 - US Army Redstone Test Center (RTC) Experimental Test Pilots (XPs) flew the Bell V-280 Valor as part of the US Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) preparations for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program. #Redstone
25-Apr-20 - US Army’s UH-60V Black Hawk, an upgraded UH-60L with Northrop Grumman full digital glass cockpit, completed initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E), a significant milestone for the program on the pathway to full-rate production #IOT&E
12-Apr-20 - US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Aviation & Missile Center, formerly AMRDEC, tested the Area-I Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated, Unmanned System (ALTIUS) drone launched from a UH-60 Black Hawk at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona #Altius
11-Aug-18 - The two UH-60V prototypes with their new glass cockpit began limited user tests at Redstone Arsenal. Depending on Operational Test Command ’ evaluation a production decision is scheduled for December 2018 #UH60V
04-Apr-18 - US Army AMRDEC contracted Universal Avionics to meet the GPS/RNAV requirement for HH/UH-60L/M Black Hawk. Will be fitted with UNS-1Lw FMS and LPV 4-inch Flat Panel Control Display Unit
19-Jan-17 - After a 2 years development US Army Redstone Arsenal achieves first flight of the UH-60V prototype. It is a UH-60L upgraded with the Northrop Grumman/Curtiss-Wright glass cockpit of the UH-60M
23-Aug-16 - Two-year contract, part of US Army’s Improved Turbine Engine program (ITEP) to support the design of ATEC’s HPW3000, a 3,000 shp new turbine engine for the Black Hawk and Apache
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