Press RELEASES
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December 4, 2025
xTech Overwatch Showcases Cutting-Edge Autonomy at the Bush Combat Development Complex
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… Read more
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August 8, 2025
Six Years, One Mission: How BCDC is Accelerating U.S. Defense with $50 Million in Innovation
BCDC hits milestone and receives additional opportunities to accelerate national security technologies Jade Williams ’25 ’27, BCDC Public Relations BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – In… Read more
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July 31, 2025
Texas A&M System to Lead $59.8M Autonomous Helicopter Wildfire Response Initiative
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… Read more
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April 24, 2025
BAM Range Will Help “Bring Fear to Our Enemies”
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… Read more
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December 18, 2024
Aggieland Supports Army Human-Machine Integration Summit
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Hundreds of innovators, industry representatives, academia and government representatives gathered here in Aggieland last month for the first of what… Read more
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September 29, 2023
Raytheon and Texas A&M Establish Texas’ First Laser Weapon Test Site
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… Read more
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March 20, 2023
Bush Combat Development Complex Innovation Proving Ground Supports First Customer
Texas A&M Cadets and Texas Army National Guard Soldiers Given Opportunity to Test Future Technology Patrick Seiber, BCDC Public Relations Texas A&M Army ROTC… Read more
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February 22, 2023
Texas A&M Graduate Recognized by Prestigious Aerospace Institute
By Patrick Seiber, BCDC Public Relations BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) recently recognized Dr. Nathan Tichenor ’05,… Read more
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November 17, 2022
Army Secretary, DARPA Chief Visit Texas A&M
Tour of Texas A&M-RELLIS, Lunch with Corps of Cadets Highlighted BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Pentagon leaders visiting Aggieland today discussed future military needs with… Read more
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November 4, 2022
Grand Opening for National Security Innovation
BCDC at Texas A&M-RELLIS Ready to Help Military, Industry BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Leaders of The Texas A&M University System on Friday welcomed selected… Read more
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October 12, 2021
Bush Combat Development Complex receives $96.2M Army research contract
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — On Sept. 30, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) transitioned from the $65 million cooperative agreement awarded in 2019… Read more
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June 23, 2021
University of Texas and Bush Combat Development Complex robotics collaboration begins
Research teams at The Texas A&M University System’s George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) and The University of Texas at Austin (UT) have… Read more
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May 21, 2021
New RELLIS infrastructure to undergird Army innovation
The Texas A&M System Board of Regents took an important step toward this shared goal by appropriating $13.1 million for infrastructure improvements on the… Read more
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April 12, 2021
Innovation Proving Ground hosts first customer
Maj. Gen. Ross Coffman, NGCV director, Gen. John Murray, AFC commanding general, and Lt. Gen. Scott McKean, AFC deputy commanding general, talk to Greg… Read more
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February 2, 2021
RELLIS-3D dataset first of its kind to advance off-road autonomous navigation
Bush Combat Development Complex and Army Research Laboratory researchers have partnered together to create the first dataset to advance off-road autonomous navigation. Read more
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January 18, 2021
The Research Integration Center, headquarters for the Bush Combat Development Complex, is open
The Research Integration Center (RIC) will be complete and fully operational August 2021. Ground was broken for the RIC on Oct 12, 2019, and… Read more
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November 12, 2020
Texas A&M regents OK world-class engineering feat
The Texas A&M System Board of Regents Thursday approved a plan to build a hypersonic tunnel at the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex… Read more
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October 26, 2020
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station leading national hypersonic research consortium
The U.S. Department of Defense on Oct. 26 named the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station to lead a national consortium for modernizing hypersonic flight… Read more
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September 30, 2020
U.S. Army secretary visits Texas A&M System Bush Combat Development Complex
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy visited the RELLIS Campus today to see progress on The Texas A&M University System’s new… Read more
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August 20, 2020
$60.3M OK’d for Bush Combat Development Complex hypersonics, vehicle testing facilities
The George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex will soon be the home of the nation’s largest enclosed hypersonic testing facility as well as an… Read more
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August 17, 2020
Versatile new material family could build realistic prosthetics, futuristic Army platforms
Texas A&M University and the Army Research Laboratory have created a whole family of 3D printable synthetic materials whose stiffness spans a 1,000-fold range.… Read more
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October 12, 2019
$130M Bush Combat Development Complex construction begins at Texas A&M System RELLIS Campus
Texas A&M University System, U.S. Army and Army Futures Command (AFC) officials and the Bush family were on the RELLIS Campus Oct. 12 for… Read more
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October 2, 2019
Cornyn, Gen. Murray, Chancellor Sharp announce new Army Futures Command, Texas A&M System partnership
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… Read more
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August 8, 2019
Texas A&M System Regents approve RELLIS to be central testing hub for Army Futures Command
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Thursday authorized the construction of a $130 million combat development complex at the Texas A&M… Read more
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May 16, 2019
Industry Showcases Robotic Combat Vehicles To Army Futures Command
The Army Futures Command today got its first glimpse at the future of robotic combat vehicles with industry leaders demonstrating existing technologies to the… Read more
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November 20, 2018
Texas A&M System Shows Off Ways It Can Help Army Futures Command
Students, researchers and professors from The Texas A&M University System – including those at the flagship campus in College Station and at the nearby… Read more
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July 13, 2018
The Texas A&M University System To Play Role In Army’s Futures Command Partnership
The Texas A&M University System will join a consortium of higher education institutions and state agencies that will offer expertise, research and innovations in… Read more
