Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 12.17.2025
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Engineers at Picatinny Arsenal's U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center, are working to develop an enhanced 81mm mortar (E81) high-explosive (HE) mortar cartridge. This new cartridge is looking to significantly increase the maximum range and lethality of 81 mm mortar systems while retaining the hallmark portability of 81 mm mortar......
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 12.13.2025
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – U.S. Army Garrison Picatinny Arsenal officials, along with the assistance of the Picatinny Arsenal Historical Society (PAHS), conducted a wreath laying ceremony in coordination with the nation’s annual Wreaths Across America observances that will be held at thousands of cemeteries nationwide, Dec. 13....
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 12.08.2025
PICATINNY ARSENAL, NJ — Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army David Fitzgerald, and U.S. Representative Thomas Kean Jr. visited Picatinny Arsenal on November 6 to see first-hand the innovative work being by the Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A), U.S. Army Combat Capabilities......
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 12.08.2025
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - When winter storms blanket Picatinny Arsenal, the mission does not pause for snowdrifts. The research, development, acquisition and lifecycle management of advanced conventional weapon systems and ammunition continues; emergency responders maintain operations both on and off-post through mutual aid; and family housing areas must remain accessible....
Courtesy Story | Picatinny Arsenal | 11.25.2025
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - This Thanksgiving marks the 75th Anniversary of one of the most grueling and hard-fought battles in the history of the military of the United States. A force of nearly 120,000 Communist Chinese attacked the United Nations (U.N.) forces, mostly United States Marines, on Nov. 27, 1950....
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 11.25.2025
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – More than 450 New Jersey families received nonperishable food items in Piscataway over the weekend after Soldiers with Picatinny Arsenal’s Religious Support Office (RSO) completed their annual Thanksgiving food drive. The event was so successful, some of the collected goods were redirected for distribution at the Radiant Community Pop-Up Food Pantry....
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 11.24.2025
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Nearly 60,000 people, including students, educators, mentors, and engineers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center at Picatinny Arsenal, packed the Bridgewater Commons Mall on Sept. 27 and 28 for the region’s largest public robotics event, known as RoboCo...
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 11.18.2025
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Approximately 30 Christmas stockings containing personal hygiene products, hats, gloves, snacks, and handwritten notes were shipped to the U.S. Special Operations Forces currently deployed overseas earlier this month. More than a dozen Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A) Directorate of Integration (DoI) teammates at Picatinny Arsenal......
