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The Army's newest vehicle is actually a big, mobile bridge Matthew Cox , US Army/Spc. Dana Clarke In November, the Army finished testing its Joint Assault Bridge, a new, mobile assault bridge, designed to cross battlefield barriers. The JAB is built on an M1 Abrams tank chassis and features a hydraulic launching mechanism for deploying the Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge, which measures about 60 feet wide. The US Army just finished operational testing of a new, mobile assault bridge, designed to cross battlefield barriers. It is sch...

December 17, 2020 Mr. Eric Fallabel awarded 2020 Defense Acquisition Workforce Individual Award for Test and Evaluation recognizing his work with the CH-53K ITT. As announced during a live Department of Defense event, December 15, the 2020 Defense Acquisition Workforce Award for Individual Achievement in the Test and Evaluation has been awarded to Mr. Eric Fallabel. As part of the CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter program’s test team from 2018 to 2020, Fallabel has guided the test team through testing challenges as they prepare to enter Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&...

The Army’s Newest Vehicle Is Actually a Heavy-Duty Bridge An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) from 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, crosses a Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge (HASB) over an anti-vehicle tactical obstacle during operational testing of the Joint Assault Bridge at Fort Riley, Kansas. (Tad Browning/U.S. Army Operational Test Command) 16 Dec 2020 The U.S. Army just finished operational testing of a new, mobile assault bridge, designed to cross battlefield barriers. It is scheduled to be fielded to the first combat troops n...

  Sgt. Ean Hul, a vehicle commander with Bravo Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, guides his driver as they reconnect the Joint Assault Bridge to the Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge (HASB) after passing the task force over a natural gap during operational testing of the Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) at Fort Riley, Kansas.  (Photo Credit: Mr. Tad Browning, Lead Audiovisual Production Specialist, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Joint Assault Bridge aces Operational Test; fielding plans include all COMPOs by By Rae Higgins,...