Story by Debralee Lutgen | Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center | 03.27.2019
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. – “Historically we’re the Army’s artillery builder,” said Natalie Stevens, XM35 lead mechanical engineer, Rock Island Arsenal – Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (RIA-JMTC)....
Story by John Snyder | Watervliet Arsenal | 03.28.2018
WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- The Army's manufacturing and research centers at Watervliet, N.Y., share a proud history of responsive support to the nation's Soldiers that dates back to the 1800s. That history and tradition was recently tested, however, and not by a defense weapons program manager who purchases weapons support in million-dollar-size contracts, but by an individual Army sergeant......
Story by John Snyder | Watervliet Arsenal | 02.21.2018
WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- The U.S. Army has awarded the Watervliet Arsenal a $13.5 million contract to upgrade 400 Paladin self-propelled howitzer systems with a modified breech kit that will improve soldiers’ safety and artillery range....
Story by Kimberly Conrad | Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center | 02.07.2018
Jeffrey White, the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, visited the Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center Feb. 7....
Story by Kimberly Conrad | Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center | 01.17.2018
Just shy of one year after preparations began, Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center achieved certification in the newest International Organization for Standards quality standard, ISO 9001:2015....
Story by John Snyder | Watervliet Arsenal | 12.20.2017
WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- The Watervliet Arsenal has agreed to a $14.2 million contract with energy provider National Grid that will make the Army manufacturer of cannons and mortars so energy efficient that the savings will pay for the enhancements over a 16-year period....
Story by John Snyder | Watervliet Arsenal | 11.28.2017
WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- A gathering of key stories and photos that capture some of the action at the U.S. Army's manufacturing center at Watervliet, N.Y., for the month of November 2017....
Story by John Snyder | Watervliet Arsenal | 10.24.2017
WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- The U.S. Army is making a $41.7 million investment in its manufacturing center at Watervliet, N.Y., to position the Arsenal to better support the emerging readiness needs of U.S. and foreign militaries, said the Arsenal commander....
