U.S. ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE COMMAND The Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) provides optimized and responsive Aviation, Missile and Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment sustainment support to the joint Warfighter to enable readiness at the point of need. AMCOM is a values-based organization – people first, Soldiers always – enabling readiness to meet the emerging global requirements of the joint force. As a Life Cycle Management Command, AMCOM is dedicated to integrating engineering, logistics and contracting into the acquisition process to support the product life cycle management efforts of 16 aviation and missile Project Managers (PMs). AMCOM accomplishes this mission by partnering with the Army Contracting Command – Redstone (ACC-R) and the Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) to deliver the contracting, engineering, and logistics expertise needed by the supported PMs. AMCOM was formed on Oct. 1, 1997, by merging the Aviation & Troop Support Command (ATCOM) with the Missile Command (MICOM) and proudly continues the “Tradition of Excellence” that was the cornerstone of its predecessor organizations. Today, AMCOM’s 9,000 employees perform a wide variety of missions in support of the nation’s aviation and missile Warfighters, at 77 different locations in the United States, and in 33 overseas locations in 11 different countries. Some of the critical missions that AMCOM performs include aviation and missile systems reset, supply chain and item management, publications support, test measurement and diagnostic equipment calibration, backup maintenance support to units, depot level maintenance repair and fabrication, crash and battle damage repair to helicopters, logistics assistance, including providing highly trained Logistics Assistance Representatives to units, and providing expert safety assessments of existing and new systems. AMCOM also performs the supply and maintenance missions for Army schools that train Soldiers in how to fly and use aviation and missile equipment. AMCOM has four major subordinate organizations that execute its support missions. AMCOM’s U.S. Army Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment Activity (USATA) manages the Army’s metrology and calibration program, which ensures that all Army test and measurement equipment supporting Soldiers worldwide is calibrated accurately.
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In addition, AMCOM operates two key Army depots – Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) in Texas, and Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD) in Pennsylvania. CCAD supports the repair and overhaul of aircraft and aviation systems, and LEAD provides the same support to missile systems. The Secretary of the Army has designated both depots as Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITEs). The AMCOM Logistics Center (ALC) manages multiple logistics programs in support of all AMCOM missions and strives to achieve “Cost-Wise Readiness” to ensure Soldiers receive the support they need, even in an era of declining budgets. The AMCOM staff provides critical expertise to all of these efforts in diverse fields such as acquisition law, safety, security, and environmental compliance. And a specialized branch of the AMCOM headquarters, the Security Assistance Management Directorate, executes a multibillion dollar security assistance mission that provides U.S. aviation and missile equipment to allies and friendly nations. AMCOM Principal Locations: • Headquarters, AMCOM, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama • Corpus Christi Army Depot, Corpus Christi, Texas • Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania • AMCOM also supports supply, maintenance, calibration, and security assistance missions at multiple locations in the United States and overseas. AMCOM Core Competencies • Support to weapon system acquisition – subject-matter expertise • Sustainment logistics – subject-matter expertise • Organic industrial base – state-of-the-art capabilities • Field and sustainment maintenance – expertise and field support
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