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The Aberdeen Proving Ground, also known as APG, is an Army post located on 72 1/2 acres in Harford County, Maryland. The installation touches the Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Susquehanna and Gunpowder rivers. Created and opened in 1917, APG is the Army's oldest active proving ground. It is composed of two major areas the nothern Aberdeen area and southern Edgewood Area that were combined in 1971. The Edgewood area was previously known as the Edgewood Aresenal. APG was originally used as a center to test military equipment, and the installation's location was chosen due to its closeness to industrial areas. Training for ordnance, or military artillery, started in 1918. Because of that train...
The Aberdeen Proving Ground, also known as APG, is an Army post located on 72 1/2 acres in Harford County, Maryland. The installation touches the Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Susquehanna and Gunpowder rivers. Created and opened in 1917, APG is the Army's oldest active proving ground. It is composed of two major areas the nothern Aberdeen area and southern Edgewood Area that were combined in 1971. The Edgewood area was previously known as the Edgewood Aresenal. APG was originally used as a center to test military equipment, and the installation's location was chosen due to its closeness to industrial areas. Training for ordnance, or military artillery, started in 1918. Because of that training and research, APG is known as the "Home of Ordnance." It is currently used as an Army research, training and testing location. All tanks and wheeled vehicles from the past 50 years have been tested at APG, and chemical warfare research is performed at the proving ground. The proving ground employs more than 7,500 civilians and 5,000 military personnel. It is Harford County's largest employer and also one of the state's largest employers. APG is also home to the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, with an outdoor exhibit featuring equipment and vehicles from different 20th century military conflicts.
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BRAC fuels building boom in Harford
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. Nearby, a cleared parcel sits ready for a...Tags: Raytheon Company, Defense, Economic Policy, Fort Meade, Corporate Office Properties Trust Inc.
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Harford to seek state aid to improve intersections near Aberdeen Proving Ground
At their annual meeting Thursday with the Maryland Department of Transportation, Harford County officials will repeat their request for improvements to intersections near Aberdeen Proving Ground. The post is expected to gain about 10,000 civilian jobs in...Tags: Havre de Grace, Transportation, Robert Cooper, Economic Policy
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As northeast Md. grows, higher ed must grow also
Maryland is home to the nation's best-educated and most technologically skilled work force. Such a dynamic and knowledge-based population reaps many benefits. In recent years, Maryland has enjoyed periods of job growth that outperformed nearly every other...Tags: Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Population, Colleges and Universities, Towson University, Employees
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Harold Berman, auditor for lunar program
Harold Berman, an engineering auditor who worked in the lunar exploration program and was active in Harford County astronomy, died Oct. 25 of complications from congestive heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Owings Mills resident was 84.
Born...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Huntsville, Accounting and Auditing, World War II (1939-1945), Defense
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Bay birds caught on radar
Maryland WeatherSteve Zubrick, the science and operations officer at the National Weather Service forecast office in Sterling, sent me a series of radar images shot early Wednesday morning. They show an odd ring of radar returns (image above) that appears to......Tags: Weather Reports, Chesapeake Bay
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Wegmans to break ground this week in Abingdon
Construction is slated to start Thursday on a 144,000-square-foot Wegmans Food Markets store in Abingdon, the anchor of a retail and office center planned for the intersection of Box Hill Corporate Drive and Woodsdale Road near I-95 in Harford County....Tags: Restaurants, Hunt Valley, Dining and Drinking
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Baltimore Co. to buy Sparrows Point tract
Baltimore County will buy industrial land in Sparrows Point from the state at a bargain price and lease the property to a local union for a training school. Recent reconfiguring of highways and access ramps along the Baltimore Beltway and Interstate 95...Tags: Unions, Advanced Training, White Marsh, Local Authority, Public Employees
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Md. transportation meeting in Towson today
Maryland Department of Transportation officials are making their annual visit to Towson today to discuss roads projects and their status in the state's six-year capital funding program. Given the economic downturn and the state's fiscal woes, Baltimore...Tags: Reisterstown, Transportation, Towson, Public Transportation, Road Transportation
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Harford to give Aberdeen more water
Harford officials announced Monday that the county will provide the city of Aberdeen with the additional water needed to meet its development. The city is growing rapidly along with Aberdeen Proving Ground, which will add about 10,000 jobs in the next...Tags: Water Supply, Aberdeen
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Correction
The Baltimore Sun is committed to providing fair and accurate coverage. Readers who have concerns or comments are encouraged to call us at 800-829-8000. An article in Monday's editions misstated the year that a new museum will open to house artifacts...Tags: U.S. Army
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Proving ground testing to create loud explosions
The Aberdeen Test Center says staff will be creating several strong, loud explosions for the rest of the month and part of September. Aberdeen Proving Ground officials made the announcement Tuesday, but said the testing began Saturday. Officials said... -
Army lab breaks ground for new Aberdeen building
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory will break ground today on a $35 million facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground for its Vehicle Technology Directorate, the organization responsible for pursuing mobility-related science and technologies. The 19,700-square-...Tags: U.S. Army, Defense, Armed Forces
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