Yuma Proving Ground News

The largest precision airdrop demonstration held anywhere in the world was conducted in the skies above the Yuma Proving Ground last week.

Stara Technologies, a Gilbert-based air-drop systems manufacturer, hopes a new contract with the U.S. Air Force will help spur more growth for the local startup.

Lead engineer Greg Dockter sits in the co-pilot seat as the AH-6I is prepared for transport at the Boeing facility in Mesa on Wednesday, Oct.

The Army is poised to introduce a plate-carrier vest to provide Soldiers more lightweight gear in the challenging operational environments of Afghanistan.

If you happen to be one of the many members of the public who go to Yuma Proving Ground each year to watch the U.S. Army's Golden Knight parachute demonstration team , plan on doing so next week because you probably won't get another chance this year.

Col. Thomas Payne, Yuma Proving Ground commander, recently named Julio Dominguez as YPG's new technical director and deputy commander.

For almost 50 employees at the Yuma Proving Ground, you could say the average workday is kind of like the movie "Groundhog Day." Day in and day out, the alarm clock goes off, they start work around 6 a.m., and they essentially do the same thing - every day.

Adrian Wilhelm, the father of a 19-year-old Fort Bliss private who killed himself four weeks ago in Iraq, is fueled by anger.

Behringer Harvard announced today its investment in a public-private partnership between the U.S. Army and Actus Lend Lease LLC that will privatize the transient lodging facilities on 10 U.S. Army bases located in eight states.

The parents of a sailor killed during a night parachute jump at Yuma Proving Ground in June hung a plaque in his memory at Yuma's Armed Forces Park on Wednesday morning.

Either pesticides or fungicides are suspected of fueling the chemical fire that happened at the Desert Depot on Tuesday.

Either pesticides or fungicides are suspected of fueling the chemical fire that happened at the Desert Depot on Tuesday.

Either pesticides or fungicides are suspected of fueling the chemical fire that happened at the Desert Depot on Tuesday.

Hollywood has been pointing its camera lens at Yuma County for nearly a century, and the Yuma Film Commission wants to make sure that continues.

A changing of the guard took place Thursday morning at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground, as a new commander was welcomed, and farewells were given to the installation's former leader.

GM has announced the official opening of its new Yuma Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona in cooperation with the U.S. Army.

Enlarge Photo The new Yuma, Arizona, GM test complex was clearly Chevrolet country for the grand opening.

Henry "Hank" Julian Czajkowski, a man who loved to share the art of agriculture with local students, has died.

Three dozen soldiers wearing body armor and carrying heavy packs are hiking into the rising sun amid mountainous terrain.

The U.S. Army Developmental Test Command is investigating potential financial irregularities in how Yuma Proving Ground has spent some of its funding.