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Headquartered at Picatinny, N.J., the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) is the Army's
principal researcher, developer and sustainer of current and future armament and munitions systems. ARDEC plays a
key part in Army Transformation with its involvement in the development of the Soldier and Future Combat Systems
and continued efforts in the development of advanced weapons that exploit technologies like high-power microwaves,
high-energy lasers and nano-technology.
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Benét Laboratories performs technology, design, development, engineering and production & field support for
large caliber armament systems, to include:
- Cannon, mortars and recoilless rifles
- Tank gun mounts and recoil mechanisms
- Munition handling systems
- Tank turret components
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Engineering team located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD is responsible for the development of aiming data and ballistic
fire control information and software (NATO Armaments Ballistics Kernel) for all unguided and certain guided combat
weapons in the U.S. Army inventory, select tri-service systems, and select foreign military sales cases. This
includes small caliber infantry systems, mortars, tank fired munitions, artillery, missiles, and rockets. NATO
and multinational standardization agreements are developed for interior and exterior ballistic simulation models,
ballistic algorithms, firing table elements, and fire control methodology. FTaB is the primary source for
interchangeability of fire control information for U.S. forces regarding NATO ammunition.
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Engineering team located at Adelphi, MD, facilitate design, development, implemention, and fielding of
safe, reliable, and affordable armament fuzing.
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Engineering team located at Rock Island executes and manages life cycle engineering processes required for
the items in production to include field support and demilitarization of ammunition, weapons fire control and associated items.
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