The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), part of the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM), is a primarily civilian organization tasked to provide research, development, and engineering technology and services to support U.S. Army aviation and missile platforms. AMRDEC operates research, development, engineering and simulation laboratories and facilities used to develop and mature aviation and missile components, subsystems, and systems.