Two Picatinny Arsenal employees were among a group of inventors who recently received a patent for designing a new nanocomposite as well as developing a method to manufacture it. The employees are Joseph Paras, a materials engineer, and Christopher Haines, a senior metallurgist, both from the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center or ARDEC. The…

If there is one lesson to glean from Picatinny Arsenal’s new course in nanomaterials, it’s this: never underestimate the power of small. Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic, molecular, or supermolecular scale. The end result can be found in our everyday products, such as stained glass, sunscreen, cellphones, and pharmaceutical products.…

Picatinny Arsenal engineers are improving artillery by extending its range, power and versatility by using an electrically-responsive method to control energetic materials such as propellants. “Electrically-responsive” means that the materials are controlled by electricity. “Energetic materials” are items such as explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics. “If you can control the burn rate and energy output of…