Fort Benning Breaks Ground on $30 Million Maneuver Battle Lab Simulations Facility (school, move to)

[Columbus1984]

In a move to consolidate the battle labs of the infantry and armor, the Directorate of Capabilities Development and Integration will break ground on a $30 million Maneuver Battle Lab simulations facility at Fort Benning.

The 88,000-square-foot building will feature a 200-person classroom, multiple large and small simulation bays that can be reconfigured for simulation experiments. It will be built on a site adjacent to the Smith Fitness Center on Dixie Road.

As part of the Base Realignment and Closure’s decision in 2005 to move the Armor School to Fort Benning, the new facility is a key piece in consolidation of the Infantry Center Battle Soldier Lab and the Armor Center Mounted Maneuver Battle Lab that relocated on post from Fort Knox, Ky.

When the new facility is completed in fall 2012, the combined facilities will make the Maneuver Battle Lab the Army Training and Doctrine Command’s premier facility for experimentation and play a major role in all future Army experiments.