The U.S. Army Missile Command was formally established on 23 May 1962 at Redstone Arsenal to manage the army's missile systems.
AMCOM's TMDE 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.8 AMCOM's main organizations are organized into "centers":
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command is a LCMC.9 Thus it has an associated contracting center.10 This LCMC Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command was formerly Aviation and Missile Command (1997). This LCMC "purchases about $1 billion worth of aircraft and missile parts each year."11
U.S. Army (16 December 2019) AMCOM improves readiness in 2019, looks to future https://www.army.mil/article/231060/amcom_improves_readiness_in_2019_looks_to_future ↩
Amy Tolson, Aviation & Missile Center Public Affairs (10 December 2019) CCDC commanding general pays first visit to Aviation, Missile Center (AvMC) https://www.army.mil/article/230789/ccdc_commanding_general_pays_first_visit_to_aviation_missile_center ↩
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"Beyond Horizons" (PDF). media.defense.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925035913/https://media.defense.gov/2011/Jan/25/2001330110/-1/-1/0/AFD-110125-038.pdf ↩
"AMC Permanent Orders 344-1". 9 December 1996. https://ams15.redstone.army.mil:7443/pls/apws/apwsdba.apws_history ↩
"AMCOM: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command" https://www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/amcom ↩
Gen. Dennis L. Via, AMC Commanding General (6 April 2016) AMC announces Mission Command alignment https://www.army.mil/article/165561/amc_announces_mission_command_alignment ↩
"Rogers Takes Reins of AMCOM and Redstone". https://www.army.mil/article/44982/rogers_takes_reins_of_amcom_and_redstone ↩
"Huntsville native returns as AMCOM commander". https://www.theredstonerocket.com/article_009618b7-cb07-5fbf-8fa4-186cc05e7d99.html ↩
"AMCOM Change of Command 6-12-2014 MG James Richardson.JPG". https://www.theredstonerocket.com/image_2605b76a-fc08-11e3-a24c-001a4bcf887a.html?mode=jqm ↩
"Major General James Richardson takes over at US Army Aviation and Missile Command". 12 June 2014. https://whnt.com/news/major-general-james-richardson-takes-over-at-us-army-aviation-and-missile-command/ ↩
"Gabram takes reins of Aviation and Missile Command". https://www.theredstonerocket.com/military_scene/article_79c63d8e-dafa-11e5-80db-c759f94bfb08.html ↩
"U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command welcomes new commander". https://www.amcom.army.mil/News/Articles/Article/1871245/us-army-aviation-and-missile-command-welcomes-new-commander/ ↩
Belcher, Katherine (12 August 2022). "Maj. Gen. Thomas O'Connor takes command of AMCOM". U.S. Army. Retrieved 15 August 2022. https://www.army.mil/article/259303/maj_gen_thomas_oconnor_takes_command_of_amcom ↩