Published By Federal Laboratory Consortium
Issued about 9 years ago
US
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Summary
Description
This complete manufacturing facility contains 250 pieces of equipment to include CNC, NC and conventional machine tools, heat treating, welding, inspection and associated support equipment to meet ARDEC's R&D mission. This equipment is used for prototype development of test quantities on a wide variety of armaments. The uniqueness of this facility is in the varied type and the quality of the equipment it houses. The building is 85,000 square feet and has three bridge cranes (50 ton, 20 ton, 15 ton) that run the length of the main building. These allow large vehicles to be disassembled, modified and reassembled with ease.