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Alexander Smith, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center at Picatinny Arsenal, spoke to more than 100 students at a Career Carnival for Kids on Sep. 13. The event at the Chatham Library allowed for elementary and middle school students to participate in hands-on activities, demonstrations, and games while

U.S. Marines assigned to 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, prepare to fire a M777A2 155mm Howitzer during Artillery Relocation Training Program 20.4 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Feb. 5, 2021. ARTP is an exercise held to strengthen the defense of Japan and the U.S.-Japan Alliance as the cornerstone of

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – Kelly DiCristina, a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) graduate student, recently completed a Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholar Internship at Picatinny Arsenal, allowing her to continue her education towards a fully-funded PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) degree, and providing her with a job opportunity

U.S. Army Sgt. Tucker Smith with the UAS Platoon, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade prepares his Skydio X10D drone for its observation flight during “Project Shiv” at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Feb. 20, 2025. Project Shiv is an innovative exercise involving using first person view drones assembled at Balli Airfield in conjunction

A 2nd Cavalry Regiment Stryker vehicle with a BLADE system attached to a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (left) await drone activity while in a static formation with a Stryker M1128 Mobile Gun vehicle during Operation Flytrap 4.0. By Timothy L. Rider Soldiers from the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment detected, tracked, engaged and defeated multiple

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – Douglas C. Wong, a former U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center employee, was posthumously awarded the first-ever Pioneer in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) award through the U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP). (U.S. Army photo by Todd Mozes) By Eric Kowal PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – Douglas

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – U.S. Army Soldiers are using gaming environments to work side-by-side with engineers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center at Picatinny Arsenal, with the goal of improving lethality, survivability and situational awareness for Gunners. The Armaments Center at Picatinny leads the development of turret systems for armored and

The new commanding general of U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Brig. Gen. Robert Born, visited Picatinny Arsenal from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., on Aug. 7, his first time at the northern New Jersey military installation and the first since taking command in June. (U.S. Army photo by Carly Michelson) By Eric Kowal PICATINNY

By Timothy L. Rider PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – Project Officer for the XM1155 Extended Range Artillery Munitions Suite, Nick Berg’s, first look in 2018 at the Army’s potentially game-changing, long-range, precision cannon projectile with advanced lethality came in the form of descriptions and depictions on an evolving slide deck. Berg’s organization, the Army Combat Capabilities

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – In the same way that the Picatinny Rail is an essential interface for scopes and other weapon accessories carried by Soldiers, the Armaments Center identified the need to safely and effectively pair lethal payloads with UASs, leading to the development of the Picatinny Common Lethality Integration Kit. ((U.S. Army photo)) By