Manufacturing Technology facilities in MD

Energetics Manufacturing Technology Center

Indian Head, MD

Energetics include propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics, and reactive chemicals are critical to the performance and reliability of all weapon systems and, therefore, crucial to our Nation's defense. Applications include missile and rocket propulsion, stores separation, warheads, mines, mine/obstacle countermeasures, flares, decoys, fire suppression, and aircrew escape.

Experimental Fabrication Facility

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Instrumentation Development

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Mission Support Facility

West Bethesda, MD

The Mission Support Facility provides the industrial facility support (machinery and personnel) for machinery and support system fabrication. This includes structural, piping, high and low pressure welding, instrumentation, electrical and machinery installation/alignment.

Welding Process and Consumable Development Laboratories

West Bethesda, MD

The Welding Process and Consumable Development Laboratories are a complete welding capability consisting of an Arc Welding laboratory (welding process development; weld simulation; weldability evaluation; and welding sensors and robotics); and a Welding Consumable Development laboratory (electrode production and wire fabrication prototype; flux evaluation; and moisture evaluation).