Oct 4, 2010

The value of government contracting specialists extends well beyond their expertise in developing contracts that are fair to both the government and the supplier. They are also the watchdogs for contracts in place and are entrusted with ensuring the performance of the contract is ethical and legal. Each year, government contracting specialists, Soldiers and civilians identify unlawful practices that save the government millions of dollars.

Oct 1, 2010

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- For an engineer who first tested his mettle on the aviation and missile systems of Redstone Arsenal in the 1980s, being assigned to the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center is like going home.

Sep 30, 2010

Geoff and Mike Howe, stars of "Howe and Howe Tech" on the Discovery Channel, came with a crew to film an episode featuring the Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) expected to air in November. John Harlow reports.

Sep 30, 2010

Music, traditional dance and sumptuous food were the order of the day at the Aberdeen Proving Ground Hispanic Celebration Sept. 29 at the Aberdeen Area Recreation Center.

Sep 30, 2010

It's one thing to apply training to a realistic situation. It's quite another to do it while your vision and breathing are compromised.

Sep 29, 2010

The U.S. Army and the University of Maryland entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement at the school's Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building Sept. 28.

Sep 29, 2010

A 2,325 square-foot training facility marks Harford Community College's commitment to the training needs of Army civilians and contractors who work with garrison-supported organizations.

Sep 29, 2010

A permanent symbol of excellence normally associated with combat units was affixed to the U.S. Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) organizational flag in a Superior Unit Award streamer ceremony here Sept. 22.

Sep 29, 2010

Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, Army Vice Chief of Staff, spent the better part of four hours at the CTSF, touring the facility, and discussing his views of the work the CTSF should be doing, and what it now does under its current mission as defined in a 2007 execution order.

Sep 29, 2010

The Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) partnered with professors and grad students from the New Jersey Institute of Technology during a joint technology demonstration day here Sept. 22.

Sep 29, 2010

Wounded civilians and Soldiers lay across the lawn and on the stairway in front of Johnson Barracks at Natick Soldier Systems Center.

Sep 29, 2010

The Army is taking a critical look at how it acquires and manages equipment and services. A team from the Army Acquisition Review visited here Sept. 28, touring facilities and interviewing military officials.

Sep 29, 2010

Greetings to the entire Aberdeen Proving Ground community. I want to take this opportunity to tell you some of the exciting things happening at APG. We continue to rapidly move forward with the Base Realignment and Closure process.

Sep 28, 2010

Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 3-9, but Installation Management Command safety officials, from headquarters to garrison level, say such concerns remain a constant priority.

Sep 28, 2010

Leveraging commercial technologies for the Army's future was what industry representatives wanted to discuss at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association monthly luncheon at the Ritz Carlton Hotel here Sept. 27.

Sep 28, 2010

A Picatinny engineer was recognized by the Department of Defense this month in the nation's capital for his lasting accomplishments both in the lab and in his community. A member of the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) for the last 21 years, Sam Perez was the only U.S. Army civilian to earn the 2010 LATINA Style Distinguished Service Award.

Sep 28, 2010

As she strained to be heard above the sounds of simulated gunfire just yards away, Staff Sgt. Brooke Green talked about how different this all was from her normal duties at the Natick Soldier Systems Center.

Sep 27, 2010

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Maj. Gen. Jim Rogers talks about his first few days on the job as the new commander of the Aviation and Missile Command and Redstone Arsenal.

Sep 27, 2010

Sep 27, 2010

For support to the Warfighter, the Aviation and Missile, Research, Development and Engineering Center was presented the Army Superior Unit Award streamer here Sept. 23.

Sep 24, 2010

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Local elected officials, business owners and military personnel gathered at the Parsippany Sheraton Hotel Sept. 13 for a Morris County Chamber of Commerce luncheon where the 2010 Army Community Covenant was signed.

Sep 23, 2010

Cecil County Public School math teachers receive professional development at ECBC and interact with subject-matter experts.

Sep 23, 2010

Nine out of 10 is a pretty good record. That's what the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command achieved in 2007, when the organization developed nine of the Army's top 10 greatest inventions of the year.

Sep 22, 2010

Noncommissioned officers from RDECOM gathered at APG for professional development training Sept. 13-17, to better understand how science enables the Warfighters' mission.

Sep 22, 2010

Former Soldiers saw how future Soldiers will be equipped when the 25th Infantry Division Association visited the Natick Soldier Systems Center Sept. 16 as part of its annual reunion.

Sep 22, 2010

General Ann E. Dunwoody, commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), and AMC Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Mellinger toured the emerging Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Center of Excellence campus. The tour was hosted by Maj. Gen. Randolph P. Strong, commanding general of the U. S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) and other senior CECOM leaders.

Sep 22, 2010

Article discusses a Lean Six Sigma project the Project Manager completed which garnered huge savings in dealing with the use of field support rerpresentatives for RAID systems.

Sep 22, 2010

When a towering crane pulled a dredging barge out of Pegan Cove, swung it through an opening in the tree line and deposited it onto the adjacent parking lot at Natick Soldier Systems Center on the morning of Sept. 9, the most visible part of a $2.8 million PCB cleanup was complete.

Sep 21, 2010

With each round fired from a mortar or a gun tube, the weapon inches closer to its demise. When each round is fired, damage accumulates in the tube. Reach a certain threshold and the tube may fail. "It could be catastrophic," said Mark Johnson, electronics engineer with the Benet Laboratories, Armament Technologies Division at the Watervliet Arsenal in N.Y.

Sep 17, 2010

Six U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command laboratories and 111 employees have been named 2009 Research and Development Achievement Award winners.

Sep 17, 2010

The U.S. Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) will be permanently marked as a superior unit in a formal military ceremony that recognizes its contributions to saving countless lives and providing dominant capability, here, Sept. 22 at 9 a.m.

Sep 16, 2010

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Aca,!" Under warm, sunny skies today at Aberdeen Proving GroundAca,!a,,cs Fanshaw Field, Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, commander of the Army Materiel command, honored the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command when she presented it with a Superior Unit Award.

Sep 16, 2010

The TransTac device, which will be fielded for the first time to the 101st Airborne Division (AASLT) to Afghanistan before the end of the calendar year, will be used by Soldiers to translate English to Dari or English to Pashto, and vice-versa.

Sep 16, 2010

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The Army's senior logistician toured here Sept. 16 meeting with military officials, speaking with Soldiers and civilian employees and viewing the transformation on the installation.

Sep 15, 2010

A pair of identical twin brothers from Maine, accustomed to challenging themselves and their exotic equipment and then airing the results on television, found much to their liking in a Sept. 13 visit to the Natick Soldier Systems Center. Geoff and Mike Howe, stars of "Howe and Howe Tech" on the Discovery Channel, came to Natick with a crew to film an episode featuring the Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) expected to air in November.

Sep 15, 2010

A pair of identical twin brothers from Maine, accustomed to challenging themselves and their exotic equipment and then airing the results on television, found much to their liking in a Sept. 13 visit to the Natick Soldier Systems Center.

Sep 14, 2010

The U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force met with an Indian delegation at Fort Monmouth, N.J. to discuss potential collaboration efforts in emerging information and command and control technologies, Aug 31 - Sept. 3. Government, industry and academia representatives from both countries presented research and discussed projects in the areas of service-oriented architecture, intelligent agents, language translation and artificial intelligence technologies.

Sep 14, 2010

RDECOM and its subordinate organizations will receive the Army Superior Unit Award during a Sept. 16 ceremony at APG's Fanshaw Field. The Superior Unit Award streamer will be added to each element's colors, and the element's director will receive award lapel pins for every person in the organization.

Sep 13, 2010

Members of Program Executive Office, Missiles and Space and the Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center's Program Integration Facility recently completed an upgrade to the Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Launcher system by adapting it to the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles from its original platform the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle.

Sep 13, 2010

The recent success story at Picatinny to research and qualify a new, safer explosive to replace TNT is one example of how teamwork and collaboration can help provide a life-saving product to the warfighter as quickly as possible.

Sep 13, 2010

A moment of silence followed by a bell tolling 11 times at a Patriot Day observance Sept. 10 at U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center honored the memories of the thousands of civilians and Soldiers lost during and since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Sep 10, 2010

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- For 43 years, Dr. Robin Buckelew has stood for the possibilities of women in the work force.

Sep 9, 2010

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - The Picatinny community honored a fallen New Jersey Marine by dedicating a new Pyrotechnic Research and Technology Complex in his name during a ceremony here Sept. 8.

Sep 9, 2010

The Army Research Laboratory's Rotorcraft Survivability and Assessment Facility will give the Department of Defense accurate and timely test and evaluation information that could lead to improvements in aircraft design and reduce injury and death.

Sep 9, 2010

Two state-of-the-art Army test facilities officially opened at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Sept. 8, with local, state and national dignitaries taking part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Sep 9, 2010

The Army Research Laboratory unveiled its latest efforts in ensuring the military's aircraft are safe and effective on the battlefield during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 8. The ARL Rotorcraft Survivability and Assessment Facility will give the Department of Defense accurate and timely test and evaluation information that could lead to improvements in aircraft design and reduce injury and death.

Sep 9, 2010

ABERDEEN, Md. -- A group of military and local officials met Sept. 9 at the Higher Education & Conference Center to discuss the regional transformation set in motion by the closure of Fort Monmouth, N.J. and the movement of organizations to and from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

Sep 7, 2010

Picatinny leaders and employees, along with Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen of New Jersey's 11th District, gathered at the on-post cafeteria Sept. 7 for a cake-cutting ceremony to mark the 130th birthday of the U.S. Army's Picatinny Arsenal.

Sep 7, 2010

Physicists from AMRDEC and the Marshall Space Flight Center are co-leading a collaborative effort along with Alabama A&M University, the University of Alabama at Huntsville, and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln to demonstrate the enhancement in sensitivity and improvement in performance of optical gyroscopes - being able to navigate without the use of GPS.

Sep 7, 2010

Each summer the U.S. Army Research Laboratory welcomes cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point to work on research projects alongside the laboratory's top scientists and engineers. This year, Cadet Zachary Brownlee spent several weeks working at the Adelphi Laboratory Center located in Adelphi, Md. under the direction of ARL researcher Dr. Deryn Chu.

Sep 3, 2010

Government and military organizations joined industry and academia at the 2010 LandWarNet conference Aug 3 - 6 to talk cyber security in the constantly changing cyber landscape and ensure present efforts effectively build on the past and pave the way for the future. CERDEC talks about cyber in rapidly changing environment.

Sep 1, 2010

Twenty-eight U.S. Army Armament Research Development Engineering Center scientists and engineers were named Aug. 24 as recipients of the 2009 Army Research and Development Achievement Award for eight projects recognized for their significance.

Sep 1, 2010

The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center partnered with the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education and the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command's Minority College Relations Program this summer to facilitate the second session of the 10-week Minority Undergraduate Student Internship Program with great success.

Aug 31, 2010

When a Soldier takes his or her Oath of Enlistment, they pledge to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Whether in a quick strike unit like the 82nd Airborne Division or stationed at a research and development facility like the Natick Soldier Systems Center (NSSC), a Soldier must hone their Soldiering skills.

Aug 30, 2010

Renewable energy sources will soon be powering batteries, vehicles and other pieces of equipment that give Soldiers an edge on the battlefield.

Aug 30, 2010

A U.S. defense department goal is the creation of a Network Operations capability that is 'born joint,' to increase interoperability among military services, said Dr. Cynthia Dion-Schwarz, the Director of Information Systems and Cyber Security for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, during one of her visits to the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center's Network Operations Interoperability lab.

Aug 30, 2010

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Members of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy took part in a robust tour of Aberdeen Proving Ground and Research, Development and Engineering Command facilities Aug. 26.

Aug 26, 2010

AMRDEC employees receive design patent for their invention that converts pintle hook system to a ball receiver, which allows the driver to tow a trailer with a forklift in the standard driving position and improves safety while moving other than palletized materials.

Aug 26, 2010

Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., welcomes Dr. Gerardo Melendez, new director of the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC). Through experience and role models, Melendez learned to balance "mission first, people always." In his new role at ARDEC, he seeks close alignment with the concept of a materiel enterprise.

Aug 26, 2010

Employees from the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center's Smoke and Target Defeat Branch, in support of the Joint Project Manager Nuclear Biological Chemical Contamination Avoidance Obscuration Team, recently hosted more than 50 interested parties during a "proof of concept" demonstration of futuristic, non-lethal battlefield capabilities at the APG's M-Field.

Aug 26, 2010

ABERDEEN, Md. -- Senior civilian leaders met with up-and-coming Aberdeen Proving Ground managers for a panel discussion on human capital, mentorship and transformation issues Aug. 25 at the Aberdeen Higher Education and Conference Center.

Aug 26, 2010

What Soldiers need to be successful on the battlefield and how the technology should be developed were questions the Army and industry met to talk about during Panel Session One at the Team C4ISR Symposium in Baltimore yesterday.

Aug 24, 2010

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Community members gathered to observe Women's Equality Day at the Edgewood Conference Center here Aug. 23.

Aug 23, 2010

U.S. Army scientists and engineers will conduct a series of roundtables to discuss emerging technologies and capabilities for the Warfighter, during the Team C4ISR Joint Symposium and Expo at the Baltimore Convention Center, Aug. 25-26.

Aug 19, 2010

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Meeting the nutritional needs and taste preferences of 1.9 million Warfighters every day is vital to America's success in battlefield missions, combat feeding officials said.

Aug 19, 2010

Zachary Dixon an Aerospace Engineer is continuing his education in Mechanical Engineering at UT Knoxville, worked at the AMRDEC in the Reliability and Maintainability Egnineering and Systems Assessment Division of the Engineering Directorate. He felt his internship with AMRDEC was worthwhile and would highly recommend it to his fellow students.

Aug 19, 2010

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The Army awarded one of America's highest awards for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight nearly 20 years late to a U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command budget analyst.

Aug 19, 2010

Aug 19, 2010

Major Gen. Nick Justice, Research Development and Engineering Command and Aberdeen Proving Ground commanding general is also the Senior Regional Acquisition Official. The general will conduct a regionalization briefing at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Top of the Bay, Chesapeake/Mezzanine Room.

Aug 19, 2010

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- For more than 10 years, the U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity has partnered with the Aberdeen Middle School to mentor the "young minds of tomorrow."

Aug 19, 2010

The people behind the often secret technology that makes America's Soldiers safer and more effective might not seem a likely group to be going online to engage in social media tweeting, updating and posting, but that's where you will find the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command.

Aug 18, 2010

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - The U.S. Army is relocating personnel from Fort Belvoir, Va., to APG as part of its force restructuring actions, officials said.

Aug 18, 2010

NATICK, Mass. -- Darren O'Neil, Ivan Yu and Dianna Willms are typical high school students, except for the fact that all three received gold medals at the national level for their work on a life-saving device.

Aug 16, 2010

The Army demonstrated the feasibility of a sensor network that will improve situational awareness and reaction time in the field during chemical or biological incidents.

Aug 16, 2010

Officials from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command exclusive rights to its logo in a certificate issued Aug. 10.

Aug 16, 2010

ACC TODAY Summer Edition 2010 - Find today's top news, breaking news and links to electronic versions of ACC Today at http://www.acc.army.mil/today/issue-2010-2.html

Aug 13, 2010

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - As Dr. Paul H. Deitz approaches his retirement from the Army Oct. 1, he holds in great esteem the work of APG scientists during the last half century.

Aug 12, 2010

When you read the mission statement of the Natick Soldier Systems Center (NSSC), the workers at NSSC "conduct research, development, acquisition and sustainment to maximize combat effectiveness and survivability of freedom's defenders."

Aug 12, 2010

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- The battle lines were drawn. The teams were ready. Four motors lay silent waiting.

Aug 12, 2010

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Two Soldiers assigned to the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) unit here, along with two others assigned to the installation's garrison, demonstrated the use of the Talon robot and a bomb disposal suit at the Pocono 500 NASCAR event, July 31 and Aug. 1.

Aug 12, 2010

U.S. Army Research Laboratory ballistics and lethality engineers recently completed testing of high-power water jets that propel the U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle. The tests mark a critical step in readying the highly-complex amphibious assault vehicle for its 2014 full-up, system-level live fire test and evaluation.

Aug 11, 2010

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Future Soldiers prepared for some of the training they would undergo at boot camp by learning how to use combat water survival techniques to their advantage at the installation pool, Aug. 7

Aug 11, 2010

The U.S. Army recently qualified a new explosive that has the same lethality as traditional TNT, but is safer for Soldiers because it is far less likely to explode if dropped, shot at or hit by a roadside bomb during transport.

Aug 11, 2010

As Maker Faire Detroit becomes a memory, a glow continues to burn in the hearts and minds of all who took part. The event held July 31-Aug. 1 at the spacious Henry Ford here. Organizers describe the event as "a family fun festival to make, create, learn, invent, craft, recycle, build, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology."

Aug 11, 2010

After entering into a formal partnership with the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command in January, leadership from the University of Delaware assembled on July 26 to tour Army Research Laboratory facilities at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Aug 10, 2010

The Association of Defense Communities named Maj. Gen. Nick Justice its Military Leader of the Year.

Aug 6, 2010

The Rules of Engagement for Army Aviators may drastically change in the future if two West Point cadets have anything to say about it.

Aug 6, 2010

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- What do most of you remember about June and July 2010' The heat! Yeah me too, but I also remember the 107 students who participated in the Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science program.

Aug 5, 2010

The Army needs to modernize the way it's allowed to buy technology, so it can put the best tools in the hands of the warfighter faster than the enemy pushes technology out to its foot soldiers, said the Army's vice chief of staff.

Aug 3, 2010

PV2 Oshane Ebanks of the Natick Soldier Systems Center (NSSC) did something last week that most of us take for granted - he became a citizen of the United States. For many of us, citizenship is a right given at birth, but for Ebanks, who immigrated from St. Elizabeth, Jamaica in 1996, it was something that was hard fought and earned. ight given at birth, but for Ebanks, who immigrated from St. Elizabeth, Jamaica in 1996, it was something that was hard fought and earned.

Aug 2, 2010

The Army has begun deploying battery-recharging kits that run on renewable energy to Afghanistan. The Rucksack Enhanced Portable Power System, or REPPS, combines solar panels, connectors and adaptors for increased charging options.

Aug 2, 2010

Research being done at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory is leading to significant improvements in how Soldiers send and receive data - including videos, voice transmissions, and other communications - on the battlefield.

Jul 30, 2010

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Recent flight testing on a Black Hawk helicopter at Redstone Arsenal proved to engineers Matt Boenker and Dale Cox something they already believed in - a U.S. helicopter can fly on an alternative fuel mix of 50 percent coal and 50 percent jet fuel.

Jul 30, 2010

The Detroit Can Do Camp at the city's historic Eastern Market was the first engagement for Maker Faire Detroit.

Jul 29, 2010

In many ways, the weight of a Soldier's equipment can win or lose the fight. Especially when considering the difficult terrains, high elevations and fast-paced operations that today's troops experience, the weight on their shoulders is critical. That's why the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) here is working to reduce by as much as 50 percent the weight of weapons and ammunition - two of the five heaviest items U.S. troops carry.

Jul 29, 2010

An Army Sustainment Command Noncommissioned Officer earned top honors during a weeklong "Best Warrior" competition. Seven Soldiers competed for the Army Materiel Command's NCO and Soldier of the Year competition July 18 - 23 at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill. Sgt. John Ferguson, a security specialist with ASC, and Spc. Alex Perenishko, with the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, took the honors of AMC NCO of the Year and AMC Soldier of the Year, respectively.

Jul 29, 2010

The cyber environment is complex and constantly changing, particularly now because of the increasing number and types of commercial wireless products. While the armed services can seek to leverage new technologies, like the iPhone and Android, the U.S. Army faces unique challenges in doing so.

Jul 28, 2010

The Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center's Software Engineering Center headquartered at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., recently became the first government organization in the U.S. to earn the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5 designation. This is the highest rating given to software engineering groups that meet CMMI's rigorous standards.

Jul 28, 2010

This year USASMDC/ARSTRAT's Technology Center won the award for SMART Sponsoring Facility of the Year out of the numerous Army sponsoring facilities. The award is chosen based on a facility's success in selecting students, managing the SMART program and meeting challenges effectively.

Jul 28, 2010

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. --The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command has taken occupancy of the former headquarters buildings of the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and Schools.