Situated in the heart of the Tennessee Valley, in northern Alabama, Redstone Arsenal is home to the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), the Space and Missile Defense Command, numerous Program Executive Offices (PEO), and major components of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Missile Defense Agency. Several tenant and satellite organizations are also home at Redstone Arsenal.
In 1941, Redstone Arsenal was built to produce conventional chemical ammunition to be used in WWII. Today, Redstone is the heart of the Army's rocket and missile programs. It was at Redstone Arsenal that Dr. Werner von Braun and other German rocket experts developed the first ballistic missile leading to the establishment of NASA's Marshall Space flight Center in 1960.
"Team Redstone's" mission:To perform basic and advanced weapons system research and development, placing the right missile and aviation systems with the troops, keeping them ready to fight, providing weapon systems, services and supplies to our allies, to manage weapon systems such as the Cobra and PATRIOT, and to support project managers within the program executive office structure.
