Picatinny Arsenal News

Letterkenny Army Depot, Summit Health and local fire and ambulance companies tested a new patient tracking system during a disaster drill Wednesday.

Myron Swack used to tell his wife about what he referred to as his World War II adventure, his capture during the Battle of the Bulge, his escape from a German POW camp.

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- The Army has made significant changes to the processes used in procuring non-standard ammunition that have resulted in improved reliability and quality.

Tucked away in a highly secure, high-tech corner of Morris County, the withering economy seems to have no effect at all.

Some wore dress slacks and suits. Some, a military uniform or khakis. Some were not present.

The U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Canadian Forces have ordered additional BAE Systems M777 155mm lightweight howitzers, taking the company's order book for the type to 800 guns, BAE announced May 28.

A judge spared an 85-year-old former U.S. Army engineer from Monroe any prison time for passing secret documents to the Israelis in the 1980s but said it remains a mystery why such a grave assault on national security took 23 years to prosecute.

BAE Systems has received orders worth around $118 million for 63 more M777 howitzers, taking the order total to exactly 800 guns.

EAST HANOVER -- The East Hanover Memorial Day Parade and Events, held Monday along Ridgedale Avenue, has been a family affair for parade Chairwoman Kathy LaPoint, husband Glen and daughter Jackie for two decades.

Nearly 3,000 New Jersey National Guard members will return from Iraq beginning in June, and will be met not only by family and friends, but also by a new network of services set up to help them adjust to life at home.

The Ripsaw MS1 is an unmanned tank that can exceed sixty miles per hour and easily climbs 3-foot concrete barriers, among other obstacles.

Fourteen members of the Rockaway Township Police Department, along with former Chief Walter Kimble Jr., were awarded Department of the Army Citations for Meritorious Service at last week's council meeting.

ROCKAWAY TWP -- World War II veteran Dan Mills was taken aback at the sight of the tanks on display Saturday at Picatinny Arsenal's Armed Forces Day.

Zoe Koch, 21/2 and her cousin P.J., 4, kiss a plaque bearing the name of her father Spc.

The U.S. Army Contracting Command in Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products an order of approximately $37 million to produce reactive armor tile sets for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

ROCKAWAY TWP. -- Picatinny Arsenal will host an Armed Forces Day open house for the public on Saturday that will include demonstrations of robots and other Picatinny-developed products, tank-car crushes and a parade.

In the wake of military deployments to Somalia, Haiti and Bosnia in the 1990s, the Pentagon concluded there was an important need for nonlethal weapons to control crowds without killing civilians, as happened frequently in Somalia.

The winds of fortune shift frequently in war, and right now they are again blowing against gun oil producer Militec.

ELMSFORD: Army National Guard Pvt. Eric E. Maya Rodriguez has completed Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga., which consisted of basic and advanced combat training.

THE next weapon in the US army's arsenal could be a laser-guided microwave blaster designed to destroy explosives.