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Picatinny Arsenal
Picatinny Arsenal
Society: AIAA Main Category: Aerospace & Aviation Sub Category: Manufacturing Era: 1880s DateCreated: 1880 Picatinny Arsenal Wharton State: NJ Zip: Country: USA Website: http://www.newjerseyhills.com/historic-aerospace-designation-awarded-to-picatinny-arsenal/article_8372debc-a6a3-5d90-b45b-fa72038510f4.html, https://www.aiaa.org/ Creator: U.S. War Department

Built in 1880 as the Piccatinny Powder Depot, this site was the major supplier of smokeless powder to the military for many years.

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Picatinny Arsenal

Picatinny Arsenal

Built in 1880 as the Piccatinny Powder Depot, this site was the major supplier of smokeless powder to the military for many years. Since World War II, Picatinny Arsenal has been at the forefront of research, design, and development of a wide variety of advanced munitions for ground, airborne and…

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