FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
R#02-72 November 19, 2002
ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND ESTABLISHES RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND
The Army recently announced establishment of a new command within the Army Materiel Command (AMC) incorporating research, development and engineering elements of AMC's major subordinate commands (MSC). The new command is called the Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDE) and became provisional October 1, 2002.
The mission of the RDE Command is to field technologies that will sustain America's Army as the premier land force in the world. The RDE Command responds rapidly by integrating, maturing and demonstrating all emerging technologies to field the right equipment, in the shortest time, for our soldiers. The final location of the headquarters for the new command has not been determined.
Maj. Gen. John Doesburg and an RDE Transition Team are involved in the planning process, focusing on improved management, coordination and integration of research, development and engineering. The RDE Command vastly expands working relationships with other Army elements, industry, academia, other services, other government agencies and international partners. The initial plan brings together in a single organization the Army Research Laboratory, part of the Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command, the Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity, and each of the AMC Research, Development and Engineering Centers, currently assigned to AMC MSCs. The addition of these various elements to the RDE Command will be gradual. No movement or loss of assigned personnel is anticipated.
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