Aberdeen Proving Ground News

The Army Ordnance School is beginning to take shape at its new Virginia home under a base realignment that is ending the school's nearly one-century link to Maryland.

After nearly a century at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, the Army Ordnance School has officially begun its relocation to Fort Lee.

Lester Shubin, the Justice Department researcher who turned a DuPont fabric intended for tires into the first truly effective bulletproof vests, saving the lives of more than 3,000 law enforcement officers, died after suffering a heart attack at his Virginia home.

Army PV1 Jon Blake Smethers has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Knox, Ky.

Separate investigations by the Department of Defense's Inspector General found no wrongdoing on the part of two government officials who had key responsibilities in the 2005 decision to close Fort Monmouth.

U.S. Rep. Christopher P. Carney visits Keystone College in La Plume. Abington Journal/Don McGlynn Lt.

13, 2009----The recent acquisition of the Chrysler property in Newark and funding requests for the renovation of Alison Hall topped the items discussed by University of Delaware President Patrick Harker as he presented the University's 2011 operating budget to members of the governor's executive staff in Dover on Friday, Nov.

Maryland's initially anticipated job gains of 45,000 to 60,000 in the next few years due to the Pentagon's Base Realignment and Closure program are "understated, perhaps significantly understated," a state official said this week.

It is a full building lease that will house approximately 400 employees for the company's Command & Control Systems and Software unit.

Just outside the main gate of Aberdeen Proving Ground , construction workers are finishing up a three-story building's brick exterior, preparing to install windows and divide the vast interior into offices.

Bowhead Science and Technology LLC has won a $15.6 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

A communitya s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic.

VAN BUREN TWP., Mich., Oct. 29, 2009 -- Ricardo, Inc., the US subsidiary of Ricardo plc, the leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world's automotive, defense, transport and new energy industries, has been awarded a contract for the development of a new vehicle under the Fuel Efficient ...

As businesses and personnel throughout the region continue to assess the effect of base realignment and closure, the state of Delaware is taking advantage of all business growth opportunities.

A scarred blast wall bears witness to the thousands of munitions exploded at a test site on the Aberdeen Proving Ground, a sprawling Army base north of Baltimore.

Two men stood in front of a monument dedicated to fallen soldiers, one in Army fatigues, one in a dark suit.

Two weeks ago, Fort Monmouth employees learned that a classified Defense Department report confirmed that the decision to transfer their mission to Maryland, which will result in uprooting their families and endangering U.S. troops fighting terrorists overseas, was based on flawed and intentionally skewed information.

The retired Navy vice admiral who headed a 2005 state panel to protect New Jersey's military bases said he is disturbed by a recent report that demonstrates the decision to close Fort Monmouth was based on inaccurate data and critical information withheld from federal decision-makers. 'I think from the beginning, the Army did not do a very good ...

Harford officials announced Monday that the county will provide the city of Aberdeen with the additional water needed to meet its development.

Among those representing UD at the C4ISR symposium and expo were, from left, Joyce Henderson, assistant director of the Bank of America Career Services Center; Kathy Werrell, assistant dean in the College of Engineering; David Weir, director of the Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships; and Shelley Mix, OEIP business development analyst.