Tag: JPEO A&A

Tyler Rotunno from DEVCOM AC is seen loading an XM1224 at Picatinny Arsenal on September 9, 2025, in support of ongoing testing.

Behind The Frontlines From the Frontlines Science & Technology

January 23, 2026

Hybrid Anti Materiel Round (HAMR): Delivering Decisive Advantage Through Unconventional Innovation

As the Army enhances Soldier lethality, Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition’s (JPEO…

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Members of the Albanian Armed Forces receive military equipment from the New Jersey National Guard in Tirana, Republic of Albania, September 14, 2025.

Behind The Frontlines From the Frontlines Policy & Planning

December 26, 2025

Byte-Sized Problems, Billion-Dollar Consequences: Fixing The Foreign Military Sales Data Dilemma

Foreign military sales, or FMS, is a cornerstone of U.S. security cooperation, enabling partner nations…

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JPEO interns visit the enclosure on Picatinny Arsenal and witness a live-fire demonstration of the M777 howitzer firing 155 mm artillery rounds. From left are Sabrina Borges, Katie Smith, DeAnne Baker, Eva Petronchak, Catrina Casale and Collin Vincent.

Behind The Frontlines From the Frontlines Workforce

December 24, 2025

Army Expands Acquisition Workforce Talent Pipeline With Intern Program

The Army’s Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A) is celebrating the success…

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Army air defenders with 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, examine a captured drone during Project Flytrap 4.5, on November 19, 2025—part of a future where acquisition reform speeds delivery of advanced counter-drone capabilities to the force.

Behind The Frontlines From the Frontlines Policy & Planning

December 19, 2025

The Army’s 2025 Acquisition Reforms Revolutionize Processes To Expedite Cutting-Edge Capabilities

The Army launched its most ambitious procurement overhaul in decades—designed to slash bureaucracy, fast-track innovation…

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Behind The Frontlines Faces of the Force

September 9, 2025

BE THE LEADER YOU WISHED YOU HAD – SSG Jordan Kennedy

Modeling the leadership qualities you value builds trust and credibility with those in your personal…

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Army ALT Magazine Faces of the Force

August 27, 2025

PURSUE AND PROSPER – DAVID CHIN

Learn more about David Chin and his career advice to always be open to learning…

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PACK OUT An IAAAP employee prepares 155 mm rounds for load, assemble and pack, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Dori Whipple, Joint Munitions Command, Public and Congressional Affairs)

Science & Technology Workforce

October 8, 2024

DELIVERING AT SPEED

PACK OUT: An IAAAP employee prepares 155 mm rounds for load, assemble and pack, May…

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READY FOR BLITZ HIVE unmanned aircraft systems prepare to take flight during Project Convergence – Capstone 4 at Fort Irwin, California, in March 2024. Small UAS weigh less than 1,320 pounds and travel at speeds less than 250 knots. (Photo by Sgt. Gianna Chiavarone, 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element)

Science & Technology

July 25, 2024

NEED FOR SPEED

READY FOR BLITZ: HIVE unmanned aircraft systems prepare to take flight during Project Convergence –…

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Workforce

June 25, 2024

GRACE TO LEARN

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition TITLE: Program analyst YEARS OF…

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Science & Technology

June 21, 2024

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

(Photo by Gustavo Fring, Pexels) PM MAS team helps to update specifications for…

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Policy & Planning Science & Technology

June 12, 2024

MAXIMIZE INDUSTRY DAYS

CLEAR A PATH: The vehicle-integrated XM123 GOBLN, featured during the industry day demonstration, detects and…

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Science & Technology

June 6, 2024

LIGHTEN UP

MAKING LIGHT WORK: Polymer-cased rounds like these, used in a recent Marine Corps training exercise,…

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Faces of the Force

January 23, 2024

GET INVOLVED

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition, Program Manager Towed Artillery Systems…

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Army ALT Magazine Career Development

January 17, 2024

EMPOWERED WORKFORCE

CELEBRATING 60 YEARS: PM CCS celebrated 60 Years as one of the longest tenured PM…

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Faces of the Force

January 9, 2024

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition TITLE: Operations officer YEARS…

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Faces of the Force

December 26, 2023

SHIFT WITH THE WIND

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition, Directorate of Integration TITLE: Project…

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Faces of the Force

November 28, 2023

NEVER STOP ASKING QUESTIONS

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Director Joint Services, Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition TITLE:…

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Faces of the Force IDEAL

October 3, 2023

DEVELOP A CAREER ROADMAP

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Manager Close Combat Systems (PM CCS), Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments…

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Army ALT Magazine Science & Technology

September 12, 2023

SEPARATE BUT TOGETHER

A TRAINED ARMY: Spc. Griffin Wisehart, an infantryman assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th…

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Army ALT Magazine

August 28, 2023

IT’S ALL IN THE DELIV-ERY

ON THEIR WAY: A CH-47 Chinook helicopter ferries an M777 155 mm howitzer in April…

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DESTROY, DEFEAT, DISRUPT Washington National Guard Soldiers with 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team take part in Table VI certification live fire at Yakima Training Center, Washington, April 21-23, 2023. The role of field artillery is to destroy, defeat or disrupt the enemy with integrated fires to enable maneuver commanders to dominate in unified land operations. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Adeline Witherspoon, 122nd Theater Public Affairs Support Element)

Army ALT Magazine

August 25, 2023

BUILDING AN ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY

DESTROY, DEFEAT, DISRUPT: Washington National Guard Soldiers with 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team take part…

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Army ALT Magazine Science & Technology

April 3, 2023

CHAIN REACTION

PREPARED FOR PALLETS: An ammunition handler at Blue Grass Army Depot in Lexington, Kentucky, prepares…

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Faces of the Force

March 7, 2023

COURAGE TO CHANGE

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition TITLE: G-4 director of…

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Faces of the Force

January 24, 2023

UP FOR THE CHALLENGE

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition, Project Director Joint Services (PD…

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Science & Technology

October 24, 2022

ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT MODERNIZATION PLAN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, a government-owned contractor-operated facility in Tennessee manufactures RDX and HMX explosives…

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Faces of the Force

September 20, 2022

THE SECRET SAUCE IS LEADERSHIP

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A) TITLE: Assistant product…

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Science & Technology

June 21, 2022

CODE WORD FOR CAPABILITY

Precision-guided munitions fly to the sound of different GPS signals. by Paul Manz…

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Faces of the Force

April 18, 2022

KEEPING IT REAL

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), Joint Program Executive…

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Faces of the Force

February 15, 2022

PAYING IT FORWARD

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A), Project Manager…

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Army ALT Magazine

February 7, 2022

FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD

(Photo by Maj. Joseph Bush, 41st Field Artillery Brigade) "Unusual" approaches to…

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Faces of the Force

October 26, 2021

A BROTHERHOOD OF SERVICE

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition, Product Director for Demilitarization…

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Faces of the Force

September 28, 2021

FOCUSED ON IMPACT

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition, Program Manager Maneuver Ammunition…

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Army ALT Magazine Science & Technology

August 23, 2021

INCREMENTAL ADVANCES

DRONES ‘R’ US: As drones have become more advanced, less expensive and more widely available,…

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Faces of the Force

August 17, 2021

NOTHING TO PROVE

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition TITLE: Assistant product manager…

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Army ALT Magazine

June 4, 2021

EXTREME MAKEOVER

SLEEK AUTOMATION: The Army’s new manufacturing capability will produce the 6.8 mm next-generation family of…

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Army ALT Magazine

June 4, 2021

READY TO GOCO

By Rebecca Leonard Government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) Army ammunition plants serve a vital role…

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Army ALT Magazine

May 10, 2021

CONSTANT READINESS

FUTURE VISION: JMC’s revised ammunition strategy will build a 21st century organic industrial…

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Army ALT Magazine

February 16, 2021

SOFT SKILLS TO BATTLE A TOUGH ENEMY

PEACE OF MIND: Teleworking gave many of us peace of mind, knowing we could continue…

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Faces of the Force

February 2, 2021

EXPLOSIVE POSSIBILITIES

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Director Joint Bombs, Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition…

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Faces of the Force

January 12, 2021

IT TAKES A COMMUNITY

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command-Armaments Center, and Joint Program Executive Office for…

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Faces of the Force

November 17, 2020

COMMITMENT TO THE MISSION

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition TITLE: Deputy product manager…

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Faces of the Force

September 29, 2020

HUNTING FOR HOWITZERS

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition, Program Manager Towed Artillery…

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Faces of the Force

September 1, 2020

Bringing Out The Big Guns

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Manager Towed Artillery Systems, Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and…

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Army ALT Magazine

July 30, 2020

VIRTUAL REVIEW

EXAMINING THE GOODS: A Soldier from the 595th Sapper Company looks at the TSO dispenser…

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Faces of the Force

May 19, 2020

EMPOWERED FOR RESULTS

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Director for Joint Bombs, Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and…

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Faces of the Force IDEAL

February 4, 2020

Following the family’s leadership example

Angela Sarinelli TITLE: Business management specialist COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Manager for Close Combat Systems, Joint…

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Army ALT Magazine

January 13, 2020

Newest Army AL&T magazine quest? ‘Understanding Acquisition’

By Michael Bold FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Jan. 13, 2020) — Do you understand Army acquisition?…

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Army ALT Magazine

December 19, 2019

Cornerstone OTA benefits Soldiers and the industrial base

New OTA seeks to speed capabilities to warfighters while also developing the U.S. industrial base.…

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Faces of the Force

December 16, 2019

A pretty straightforward mission

Dennis Sheehan COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Center Armaments Center; assigned to the…

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Faces of the Force

November 26, 2019

Taking Charge of the Narrative

“Steady pressure at the razor’s edge drives incremental growth. I bring this same mindset to…

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Career Development

October 7, 2019

Army well-represented in Workforce Achievement Awards

By Susan L. Follett WASHINGTON (Oct. 7, 2019)—Hon. Ellen M. Lord, undersecretary of defense for…

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Army ALT Magazine

October 3, 2019

Long-Range Partnership

U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Australia team up to improve range and accuracy of the…

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Army ALT Magazine

September 25, 2019

Every Ounce Matters

Army, Marines, U.K. collaborate to develop lightweight ammunition to reduce Soldiers’ load.

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Faces of the Force

September 24, 2019

Acquisition manager has a legacy of success

Acquisition Manager Kimberly McCleerey is recognized throughout the ammunition community as the expert to seek…

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Faces of the Force

August 6, 2019

Enabling ‘Go Fast’

Greg Panas’ sustained superior professional technical contributions on behalf of the Joint Program Executive Office…

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Army ALT Magazine

July 16, 2019

The Shape Of Things To Come

Three events are critical in developing the concept of operations for terrain shaping obstacles. by…

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Army ALT Magazine

November 26, 2018

A frank and open forum with industry yields new insights

An unusually frank and open forum among government and industry competitors yielded new insights into…

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Project Directors for Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020

Career Development

November 16, 2018

Army Selects Four Acquisition Project Directors for Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020

by Norm Hilton and Sarah Aubouin FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Nov. 16, 2018) You may ask…

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