MAJOR UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

ARDEC is the Army’s “Center of Lethality,” a designation reflecting its important role as the provider of more than 90 percent of the Army’s lethal armaments and munitions to our war fighters.

Program Executive Office for Ammunition

The Program Executive Office for Ammunition is the life cycle manager for the conventional ammunition, leap-ahead munitions and counter-IED products that increase the combat firepower of our war fighters.

Joint Munitions and Lethality Lifecycle Management Command

The Joint Munitions and Lethality Lifecycle Management Command develops, acquires, fields and sustains value-added ammunition for the joint war fighter through the integration of effective and timely acquisition, logistics and cutting-edge technologies.

Project Manager Soldier Weapons

Project Manager Soldier Weapons supports soldiers through the development, production, fielding and sustainment of current and future weapons systems, as well as associated target acquisition and fire control products.

Program Executive Officer for Ground Combat Systems

The Program Executive Officer for Ground Combat Systems manages the development, acquisition, testing, systems integration, product improvement and fielding of ground combat support weapons systems used by the Army and other U.S. military services.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Picatinny Detachment, provides research, development, evaluation and in-service support of energetic systems for the Navy’s energetic enterprise.