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Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) is a Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB), operating under the guidance of Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 3200.11 and is a national asset with the mission to primarily support DoD test and evaluation (T&E) requirements. ATC also conducts testing for federal, state and local governments, academia, private industry, and foreign governments.
- ATC is the DoD lead test center for:
- automotive testing
- manned and unmanned ground vehicles (MGVs and UGVs)
- guns and munitions (direct fire and small arms) testing
- live fire vulnerability/lethality testing
- Major missions include:
- Automotive – Wheeled and Tracked Vehicles (conducting 80% of the Army Automotive testing)
- Firepower
- Survivability/Lethality
- Warfighter
- Soldier Systems and Support Equipment
- Training Exercises
- Military Environmental Technologies
- Maritime Systems
- As a designated Federal Laboratory, ATC participates in technology transfer and dual-use partnership initiatives with industry.