Provide customers with life-cycle engineering and munition system technology solutions through integrated competencies and state of the art facilities
The Munitions Engineering and Technology Center is responsible for complete life-cycle engineering research, development, production, field support and demilitarization for all integrated munitions systems in support of the Joint Services and Homeland Defense/Homeland Security mission areas. This includes technology concept and engineering development, experimental evaluation and qualification, production engineering for lethal and scalable lethality munition systems and components, and explosive ordnance disposal procedures.
METC has five synergistic directorates. Please click on the boxes below for more information.
ANALYSIS, MATERIALS & PROTOTYPING DIRECTORATE
The Analysis Materials & Prototyping Directorate (AMPD) mission is to provide manufacturing, engineering analysis, producibility, prototyping and reverse engineering expertise in support of armaments technologies. AMPD’s competencies range from prototyping armament products on traditional production qualified manufacturing equipment to establishing and developing new manufacturing technologies and processes. AMPD performs modeling and simulation of weapon/munitions events using finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics and other structural and fluid modeling techniques, providing feedback to optimize material selection and design configuration(s). AMPD’s materials competencies include expertise in both metallic and organic materials, providing full material testing and analysis to support modeling, design, manufacturing and failure analysis.
FUZE AND PRECISION ARMAMENTS DIRECTORATE
The mission of the Fuze and Precision Armaments Directorate (FPAD) is to rapidly transition advanced fuzing, networked sensing, hostile fire detection, explosive detection, aeroballistics, maneuver support and precision armaments solutions that address warfighter capability gaps through innovative design and life cycle application of state-of-the-art analysis, evaluation and test technology. FPAD is the preferred source for our capabilities within the munitions domain, and in some cases, across multiple domains and within the Joint Services.
MUNITIONS SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE
The Munitions Systems Directorate integrates munitions systems utilizing advanced state-of-the-art technologies through the execution of technical and programmatic life-cycle engineering activities (research, development, production, manufacturing, field support and demilitarization). This includes tank and other vehicle fired munitions; artillery munitions; mortars munitions and systems; small, medium caliber munitions and cannon caliber munitions; shoulder fired and recoilless munitions; hand-emplaced munitions and grenades; demolition munitions, firing devices and munitions for hit-to-kill interceptors for vehicle and base protection systems.
ENERGETICS AND WARHEADS DIRECTORATE
Responsible for lifecycle engineering in the areas of warheads, explosives, propellants, pyrotechnic devices and associated materials for critical warfighter munition items. Through extensive use of in-house expertise and facilities: develop warheads and lethal mechanisms to meet munitions, missile and other community needs; perform research, synthesis, formulation, scale-up, characterization, experimentation, evaluation/forensic analysis, prototyping, pilot scale processing and production/surveillance/field support of explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics.
EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL, DEMIL AND EXPERIMENTATION DIRECTORATE
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Division provides EOD functional support to U.S. munition developers. Develops render safe and disposal procedures for both U.S. and foreign ordnance and conducts analysis of foreign munitions. Provides numerous types of training products for Joint EOD warfighters worldwide. Also provides the necessary technology solutions to help them accomplish their mission. The Demil and Environmental Technology Division provides the necessary technology support to safely and effectively perform large scale demil operations. The Demil and Environmental Technology Division also performs environmental analysis and support to various armament development and acquisition communities as well as the GOCO Army Ammunition Plants in the continental United States. The Armament Experimentation and Evaluation Division provides munition and weapon support to the armament development community. Conducts limited range full-up ballistic and static testing experimentation of both U.S. and foreign weapons and munition systems.