United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command
ATEC logo
Active1 Oct 1999 – present
Country United States
Branch United States Army
Garrison/HQAberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Motto(s)Truth in Testing
Websitewww.atec.army.mil/index.html
Commanders
Current
commander
Major General Patrick L. Gaydon
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Beret flashes worn
by the Airborne and
Special Operations
Test Directorate (left)
and Airborne Test
Force (right)
Airborne and Special Operations Test DirectorateAirborne Test Force

The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, or ATEC, is a direct reporting unit of the United States Army responsible for developmental testing, independent operational testing, independent evaluations, assessments, and experiments of Army equipment.[1]

ATEC is located throughout the continental United States and Hawaii. Command headquarters is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command Official Homepage, U.S. Army, last accessed 1 February 2018
  2. ^ U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, History, U.S. Army, last accessed 1 February 2018