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Press Release

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U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth spent the day in a series of discussions both on the main university campus and at Texas A&M RELLIS, where the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) recently opened to help government, universities and industry accelerate high-tech military modernization.

Press Release

Raytheon Technologies and Texas A&M established Texas’ first laser weapon test site in late September 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 great distances. The open-air test was the first such shot of a laser weapon in the State of Texas, creating a new capability to advance critical defense technologies.

B-Roll from RTX Demonstration and Leader Visit

Press Release

Media Contacts

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Laylan Copelin
Vice Chancellor of Marketing and Communications
(979) 458-6425 office
(512) 289-2782 cell
lcopelin@tamus.edu

or

Mike Reilly
Marketing and Communications
(402) 679-0456
mreilly@tamus.edu

BCDC Key Facts

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See key facts about the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex and its important features. 

Key Facts

Video Clips

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View videos of U.S. Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy’s visit to the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex on Sept. 30, 2020.

Video Clips

Photos

A Raytheon High Energy Laser system with a man working on it at the Texas A&M RELLIS campus.
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View photos from the Raytheon High Energy Laser test in Sept. 2023.

Photos

View photos from U.S. Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy’s visit to the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex on Sept. 30, 2020.

Photos

Archived Media Resources

Chancellor John Sharp and Elaine Mendoza, then vice chairman of the Board of Regents, welcome Gen. Mike Murray to the Texas A&M University campus.

Gen. John “Mike” Murray visited the RELLIS Campus in November 2018. View information and photos from his visit.

Archived Media Resources

Texas A&M University System Bush Combat Development Complex

George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) at the RELLIS Campus

717 RELLIS Parkway
Bryan, TX 77807

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