PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- Lt. Col. Lawrence Dring, III, assumed command of the Non-Standard Ammunition program during an Assumption of Responsibility ceremony at the Cannon Gate Catering and Conference Center Aug. 20. The Non-Standard Ammunition program is part of the Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems, Program Executive Office Ammunition.

The Product Director Non-Standard Ammunition provides quality non-standard ammunition and non-standard mortar weapon systems to allied nations and other U.S. customers. Non-standard ammunition/mortar weapons are ammunition, explosives and weapons that are not managed by national inventory control points, have not been safety-tested and type-classified for Army use, do not have a national stock number, and cannot be procured or requisitioned through the Army or other Department of Defense supply systems.