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Army UAS Project Office Opens Rapid Integration And Acceptance Center

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Thursday, October 8th, 2009

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The Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office, headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., recently officially opened its Rapid Integration and Acceptance Center (RIAC) at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, consolidating the testing of UAS payloads and technologies to allow for faster deployment to Warfighters. At the opening ceremony, Program Executive Officer, Aviation, Brig. Gen. William Crosby, drew a paralleled between RIAC and Pony Express operations across the neighboring Utah desert in 1860 and 1861. "In the same pioneering spirit those passionate and…

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