Research lab · United States

DEVCOM Armaments Center

HQ Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey1001-5000 employeesUpdated Oct 19, 2026

The U.S.

Key facts

Type: Research lab
HQ: Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
Employees: 1001-5000
Facilities: 1
As of: Oct 19, 2026
Sources: 3

About

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center conducts research, development, engineering, and lifecycle support for Army armaments and munitions. Its official center profile places it within DEVCOM and describes work spanning small arms, artillery, mortars, ammunition, fire control, and energetics. The organization supports materiel from concept through sustainment and collaborates with military users, laboratories, academia, and industry. This directory record represents the parent center, not each directorate, range, or subordinate activity. This directory profile covers the parent organization; sub-laboratories, research programs, and other installations are not separately enumerated here.

Institution and Contracts

Institution: Government research laboratory
Sponsor: U.S. Army
Operator: U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM)

Capabilities1

Capabilities
Technology	Role	Maturity	TRL	Notes	Confidence
Strike and munitions	Researcher	—	—	The cited official source identifies this topic in the organization’s research or capability portfolio; no technology maturity inferred.	Confirmed

Strike and munitions
Researcher
The cited official source identifies this topic in the organization’s research or capability portfolio; no technology maturity inferred.
—Confirmed

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

Supply Chain1 facility

Facilities1

Facilities
Facility	Kind	Location	Status	Confidence
DEVCOM Armaments Center, Picatinny Arsenal	Lab	Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, United States	Operating	Confirmed

DEVCOM Armaments Center, Picatinny Arsenal
Lab · Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, United States
Operating
Confirmed

Hiring Observations

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Sources3

Profile2

1
Companydevcom-armaments-center website
Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq region
“The Armaments Center has more than 3,200 civilian engineers, scientists and support personnel.”
2
Government recordOfficial careers / federal employment page
Supports Organization

Technologies1

3
Government recordDEVCOM Armaments Center - DEVCOM HQ
U.S. Government · Supports Facility · city, Organization, Organization · description, Organization technology · technology
“Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806 USA”

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