On Oct. 2, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, the U.S. Army Futures Command and The Texas A&M University System announced a cooperative agreement that will provide up to $65 million over five years to Texas A&M, which will support research into new technologies to help the Army Futures Command modernize the nation’s fighting force.
BRYAN, Texas — DEC. 04, 2025 The U.S. Army’s xTech Overwatch for Unmanned Systems brought together military leaders, industry innovators, and academic partners at the Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) on the Texas A&M-RELLIS Campus earlier this Fall to accelerate the Army’s integration of autonomous technologies into its formations. From October 27–29, thirty-seven of the…
BCDC hits milestone and receives additional opportunities to accelerate national security technologies Jade Williams ’25 ’27, BCDC Public Relations BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, speed is as crucial as technological superiority. This urgency has driven the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) since its founding six years ago. Created…
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas Legislature recently appropriated $59.8 million for the Texas A&M University System’s George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex to develop a way to use pilotless Blackhawk helicopters to combat wildfires. The project is intended to revolutionize how Texas responds to the wildfires that ravage the state every year. The Defense…
U.S. Officials Praise Texas A&M System Center for Hypersonic & Laser Testing. BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The BAM Range, a giant high-tech tool in the race for the world’s best weapons systems, is open for business on the Texas A&M-RELLIS Campus. At a dedication ceremony Thursday, Lt. Gen. Miles Brown, deputy commanding general of Army…
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Hundreds of innovators, industry representatives, academia and government representatives gathered here in Aggieland last month for the first of what could become an annual event designed to help the Army accelerate robotics technology development. Army Futures Command hosted the event, while multiple Texas A&M System facilities served as the venue where…
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – On Sept. 21 and 22, Raytheon, an RTX company, conducted an open-air test of an operational laser weapon on the Texas A&M-RELLIS campus at the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC). Raytheon’s high-energy lasers (HEL) are combat-ready weapons that use silent, invisible beams of light to destroy drone threats at…
