United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command
Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command
	Headquarters AMCOM at Redstone Arsenal
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Materiel Command (AMC)
Size	7,700 civilian, 250 military, TBD contractors (as of 1996)
Garrison/HQ	Redstone Arsenal; Other military installations; Corpus Christi Army Depot; Letterkenny Army Depot; Fort Novosel Army Aviation Center
Website	www.amcom.army.mil
Commanders
Current; commander	MG Thomas W. O'Connor Jr.
Notable; commanders	General John Medaris (AOMC, 1958)
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The United States Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) develops, acquires, fields and sustains aviation, missile and unmanned aerial vehicles. AMCOM is primarily responsible for lifecycle management of army missile, helicopter, unmanned ground vehicle and unmanned aerial vehicle weapon system. The central part of AMCOM's mission involves ensuring readiness through acquisition and sustainment support for aviation systems, missile systems, and test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment (TMDE) throughout their life cycle. The command is headquartered at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, has a 2019 "budget of more $3.7 billion, and a global workforce of more than 15,000 military and civilian employees".^[3]

AMCOM works closely with The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC)^[4] which operates simulation facilities to evaluate missile components, such as seekers, in a variety of flights and countermeasures environments. AMCOM also has access to several wind tunnels to test full-size helicopters, a vertical motion simulator for flight control evaluation and a crash-testing tower used to improve safety.

AMCOM's Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment Activity provides worldwide command and control over a broad metrology and calibration program. AMCOM is also the leader in foreign military sales, accounting for over 50 percent of total army sales to Allied forces and friendly foreign nations.^[1] AMCOM's main organizations are organized into "centers":

Acquisition Center – responsible for contracting support.
AMCOM Logistics Center (ALC) – responsible for logistics support.

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Redstone was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Belcher, Katherine (12 August 2022). "Maj. Gen. Thomas O'Connor takes command of AMCOM". U.S. Army. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference amcomLcmc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Amy Tolson, Aviation & Missile Center Public Affairs (10 December 2019) CCDC commanding general pays first visit to Aviation, Missile Center (AvMC)

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[2] Belcher, Katherine (12 August 2022). "Maj. Gen. Thomas O'Connor takes command of AMCOM". U.S. Army. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

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[avMslCtr-4] Amy Tolson, Aviation & Missile Center Public Affairs (10 December 2019) CCDC commanding general pays first visit to Aviation, Missile Center (AvMC)

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