Ellin & Tucker director new Alliance chair Nov 20, 2009
BRAC, and the thousands of jobs shifting to Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County and Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County, is an obvious economic development tool that will help the region blunt future economic turmoil ... We have new players coming to town, Brake added, citing companies like Corp., which plans to bring 400 jobs to Aberdeen Proving Ground. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Army enlists help for testing C4I systems Nov 15, 2009
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. and White Sands Missile Range, N.M.. (FCW.com)
Russell J. Plummer Nov 14, 2009
He was also the honor graduate for his class at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. He enjoyed being in the Army, hunting, fishing, being outdoors, working on and riding motorcycles, cars and snowmobiles, and spending time with his family and friends. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Corporate Office Properties Trust breaks ground on second building at Aberdeen park Nov 4, 2009
started work on its second office building by Aberdeen Proving Ground, where it s seeking to tap into a demand for new commercial space from incoming defense contractors ... The project is one of just a handful of new developments under construction near Aberdeen Proving Ground, a prime beneficiary of the Pentagon s Base Realignment and Closure plan ... The 56-acre business park, adjacent to Aberdeen Proving Ground, will include about 800,000 square feet of office space and as much as... (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Stimulus effect slow in region Oct 24, 2009
EDCO Contractors Inc. has won more than two dozen contracts for boiler and sprinkler system upgrades at Aberdeen Proving Ground and reported creating additional labor positions on 16 of them. But owner Elizabeth Felts-Raser said her company has only hired one extra worker, because her staff doesn t actually do much of the work. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Ion Tiger Fuel Cell Unmanned Air Vehicle Completes 23-hour Flight Oct 16, 2009
The test flight took place on October 9th through 10th at Aberdeen Proving Ground. The Ion Tiger fuel cell development system team is led by NRL and includes Protonex Technology Corporation, the University of Hawaii, and HyperComp Engineering. (Science Daily)
Aberdeen OKs plan for BRAC offices near Ripken Stadium Oct 11, 2009
Towson developer J. Joseph Credit wants to put up the complex of four buildings to cash in on a wave of military jobs being shifted to Aberdeen Proving Ground as part of the military s base realignment. City leaders say the new offices approved by Aberdeen Mayor Michael Bennett and City Council Aug. 24 should help make up for a lack of space to accommodate thousands of workers. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Stimulus money hard to find for Baltimore's small contractors Oct 10, 2009
CFM is working at military bases Fort George G. Meade, Fort Detrick and Aberdeen Proving Ground, and Coppin State University in Baltimore. The company had 16 people this summer but is now up to about 23 because it has had to hire new tradespeople and other workers. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
White Sands named in Army growth plan Oct 6, 2009
The installations the Army is reviewing will receive at least 1,000 additional military personnel and up to 5,000 or even 8,000, said Robert E. DiMichele, public affairs officer with the Army Environmental Command at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The Army is considering six options for increasing force size and reconfiguring how those soldiers are organized. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Work on Abingdon Wegmans to begin Oct 6, 2009
The developer is hoping to tap into a pent-up demand for office and retail space in the area, driven by an influx of several thousand military workers and defense contractors being shifted to the nearby Aberdeen Proving Ground ... An estimated 25,000 jobs are slated to be shifted to central Maryland under that BRAC plan, including to Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
St. John Properties to team with RKS Realty to enhance BRAC project Sep 23, 2009
St. John Properties has selected Bel Air s to assist in leasing efforts at the 400-acre Government and Technology Enterprise project at Aberdeen Proving Ground. RKS President Donnell Beetle Smith, as well as broker Tom Motley, will be involved in exposing the project to Harford County businesses on behalf of St. John. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
'Distressed' properties hit $1.8B Sep 19, 2009
It was forced to sell a massive business park at Aberdeen Proving Ground. The seeds for the current problem were planted five to 10 years ago by a wave of investment building sales and new construction that swept across Greater Baltimore. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
St. John Properties to build R&D space at Maple Lawn Sep 17, 2009
As is the case with many spec building projects throughout the region, the Pentagon s Base Realignment and Closure process expected to bring about 25,000 jobs to Greater Baltimore as the Defense Department shifts positions to Fort George G. Meade and Aberdeen Proving Ground has St. John Properties CEO Ed St. John optimistic about the project. A spec, or speculative, building is one being built without any tenants signed on to lease space. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Aberdeen doesnt have room for BRAC defense companies Sep 14, 2009
Some of the nation s largest defense contractors are scrambling to find space near Aberdeen Proving Ground as the government agencies they do business with move from Fort Monmouth, N.J., to the Harford County military base. General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and the Boeing Co. are all expected to take office space near APG before the September 2011 deadline for the military s Base Realignment and Closure plan. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Survey: Slight bump in accounting, finance hiring on deck Sep 10, 2009
Local companies are also gearing up in anticipation of the business opportunities at Aberdeen Proving Ground, in Harford County, and Fort George G. Meade, in Anne Arundel County, as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure commission expansions, Owen said. Despite the survey numbers, area businesses that hire or place accountants and finance professionals aren t bracing for an increase in fourth-quarter hiring. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
EPA Approves Army's Closure of Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System Sep 2, 2009
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) officials announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has accepted the Army's closure of its former Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS). (PR Newswire)
COPT expands board Aug 28, 2009
COPT has several projects under development by Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County and Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County. Both are slated to see an increase in intelligence-sector work from military reshuffling plans, most notably the federal Base Realignment and Closure plan slated to bring some 25,000 jobs to Central Maryland. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Army awards Clark Construction $229M contract for Aberdeen Proving Ground project Aug 19, 2009
Courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District A rendering of the 526,255-square-foot chemical defense facility scheduled to be complete by May 2013 at Aberdeen Proving Ground ... The military s top agency focused on biological and chemical warfare protection is expanding its efforts at Aberdeen Proving Ground ... 3 million contract to build a chemical defense complex at Aberdeen Proving Ground for the , USAMRICD, a government agency charged with protecting the military from... (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
U.S. Army Awards $498,000 Performance-Based Acquisition for Environmental Remediation Services at Fort Lee, Va. Aug 18, 2009
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 4, 2009, the U.S. Army Environmental Command awarded a $498,000 performance-based task order to Environmental Chemical Corporation, Burlingame, Calif. (PR Newswire)
Coaching from a distance Aug 9, 2009
Lien, a 13-year member of the National Guard, spent most of his spring and summer working on becoming a 2nd Lieutenant, first for two months at Fort Sill in Oklahoma and later for three months at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Now that Lien is an officer, he s turning his attention back to his duties as a coach, but only after taking some time to be a father and husband first. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
O'Malley makes Red Line endorsement Aug 5, 2009
The BRAC plan is slated to bring 25,000 new jobs to Central Maryland, and Brown said the Red Line extension will make it easier for workers to commute to military bases like Fort George G. Meade and Aberdeen Proving Ground where those jobs are being shifted. The project is just one component of our longstanding commitment to improving and expanding public transportation for all Marylanders and as we prepare for the arrival of BRAC, this project is more important than ever, Brown said in a... (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
COPT earnings rise in 2Q Jul 30, 2009
COPT is the developer of National Business Park in Anne Arundel County and is building a nearly 800,000-square-foot project at the foot of Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County. Reader Comments. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
NEW COMMANDER TAKES CHARGE Jul 15, 2009
Conrad Whyne, director of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. commended Johnston for the level of safety achieved under his leadership. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
CH2M Hill gets $6M Army contract for work at weapons-testing site Jul 14, 2009
97 million contract from the to provide environmental-remediation services at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, the Army said Monday ... The Aberdeen Proving Ground, founded during World War I, is a testing facility for military weaponry. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
WWI-era mortar shell found at Schofield range Jul 12, 2009
On Tuesday, a team of specialists from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. conducted a non-destructive assessment using a portable isotopic neutron spectroscopy device to determine the contents. (Honolulu Advertiser)
$460M in federal BRAC money earmarked Jul 11, 2009
The money, in the 2010 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs spending bill, includes $156 million in construction funds for an Aberdeen Proving Ground headquarters building and $17 million for another headquarters building at Fort George G. Meade ... $156 million for a new headquarters building for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveilance and Reconnaissance, a government agency moving from Fort Monmouth, N.J. to Aberdeen Proving Ground, bringing an estimated... (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
COL. FRANZ AMANN BIO Jul 3, 2009
Commanded the 22nd Chemical Battalion at Aberdeen Proving Ground. G-4 for 20th Support Command (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive defense). (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Developer Opus East files Ch. 7 bankruptcy Jul 2, 2009
Rockville developer Opus East LLC filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Wednesday, less than two weeks after relinquishing its development rights to a massive business park at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Unable to refinance millions of dollars in debts, the company plans to liquidate its portfolio of commercial properties throughout the region. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
EOD unit honors Jessen Jun 25, 2009
Published: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:21 PM CDT ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md ... Two days before Father s Day, Cameron and his family came to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
St. John Properties takes over Aberdeen Proving Ground park Jun 24, 2009
St. John Properties takes over Opus East business park at Aberdeen Proving Ground - Baltimore Business Journal ... St. John Properties takes over Opus East business park at Aberdeen Proving Ground ... St. John Properties Inc. has reached a deal to take over a planned 2 million-square-foot business park at Aberdeen Proving Ground, picking up the project from cash-strapped Rockville developer Opus East LLC as that company considers seeking bankruptcy protection. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Manekin, COPT among developers eyeing Harford BRAC project Jun 23, 2009
Executives at LLC, and St. John Properties said the 2 million-square-foot Government and Technology Enterprise Park is an opportunity they would consider if Opus East backs out of the project at Aberdeen Proving Ground. All three developers are still gathering information on the project, which sits on about 400 acres of government land. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Harford BRAC office park in jeopardy Jun 16, 2009
Rockville s Opus East LLC, the developer of a 2 million-square-foot business park at Aberdeen Proving Ground, has slashed its work force and stopped taking on new projects in response to its financial problems ... The project, being built on government land inside Aberdeen Proving Ground, is the largest private development for defense contractors in Harford County. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Aberdeen, Howard County designated BRAC Zones Jun 16, 2009
An estimated 8,200 military jobs will be moving to Aberdeen Proving Ground under the BRAC plan, bringing with them a network of about 150 defense contracting firms that do business with the incoming government agencies. In Howard County, the 600,000-square-foot Savage Towne Center project was picked to be a BRAC Zone. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Mikulski seeks $20M for Maryland BRAC transportation needs Jun 4, 2009
The money, $5 million apiece, would pay for transportation upgrades by Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County, the National Naval Medical Center in Montgomery County, and Andrews Air Force Base in Prince George s County. Between them, the sites are slated to absorb some 25,000 military jobs under the federal Base Realignment and Closure plan. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Aberdeen, Howard Co. seek BRAC Zone status May 27, 2009
Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County and Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County are the regions two largest recipients of those jobs. An estimated 8,200 military jobs will be moving to Aberdeen Proving Ground under the BRAC plan, bringing with them a network of about 150 defense contracting firms that do business with the incoming government agencies ... The municipality wants money to support some of those developments, including an 800,000-square-foot business park being developed at... (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Haverhill man gets war honor - 65 years later May 24, 2009
Gale, who rose to the rank of master sergeant, said he spent 20 years as a soldier, including a tour in Korea, and 20 more as a civilian administrator at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. "All I did was change hats," he said. (Boston Globe)
Aberdeen authorities identify victim May 23, 2009
Aberdeen Proving Ground has identified the man killed during testing of a Soviet tank firing ammunition. Forty-nine-year-old Mark Henry of Delta, Pa. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Remembering Jessen (1) May 23, 2009
Jessen had recently been assigned to the 22nd Battalion of the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The family moved to Oak Grove from Iowa before Jessen, the youngest in the family, was born. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Focus on military sexual assault May 22, 2009
The Air Force woes were the latest chapter of a lengthy sex saga that started with the Navy's 1991 Tailhook scandal and continued in 1996 with a similar episode at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground. In all those cases, the services involved vowed zero tolerance for sexual assault and pledged corrective action. (FOX 11, AZ)
Opus East strikes APG tax break deal May 15, 2009
Rockville developer Opus East LLC has agreed to pay for millions of dollars in upgrades at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in exchange for not being charged property taxes on a 400-acre business park it s developing inside the gates of the federally owned military base. The Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreement, which needs to be approved by several agencies including , would involve creating a third entrance to the proving ground from Aberdeen Boulevard, expanded parking areas at the Aberdeen... (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
COPT plots huge BRAC business park near Fort Meade May 8, 2009
The building, slated to cost $29 million, could be completed in the third quarter 2011, according to COPT. The project is one of several government-tied developments for COPT, including another 765,000-square-foot business park adjacent to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County. The new Annapolis Junction office park is planned as a speculative development, meaning no tenants have signed leases to take space in the buildings. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Retired Air Force Col. Donald Scheller, 86, and his son Rick, 62, sift through old photographs to use in a historical book they are creating for Schellers children, grandchildren and future generations. Scheller served in World War II, the Korean Conflict, and in the Vietnam War. He also was on loan to NASA. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter May 4, 2009
Between World War II and the Korean Conflict, Scheller worked with the research and development of U.S. weapons at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, followed by a stint as the chief test pilot at a Spokane, Wash. military facility. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
No Fort Drum Archaeology Delays During Nearly A Billion Dollars' Worth of Construction Apr 8, 2009
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A long-term approach to cultural resources management (CRM) and experts with three-quarters of a century of combined installation experience combined to produce one of the most effective CRM teams in the U.S. Army. (PR Newswire)
ECBC Invests in Future Workforce through Mentoring Mar 26, 2009
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md ... Launched in 2004, the SMA grew out of a concept proposed by the Army Alliance and other science professionals associated with Aberdeen Proving Ground ... "We all have a stake in ensuring that we have a strong bench of scientists to work at Aberdeen Proving Ground," he said. (PR Newswire)
Joppatowne apartment project gets funding Mar 17, 2009
The project was designed to benefit from an expansion at the nearby Aberdeen Proving Ground, which is preparing to take on an estimated 8,200 military jobs under a federal Base Realignment and Closure plan by 2011. Reader Comments. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
BRAC work in Maryland getting $57M federal infusion Mar 13, 2009
The transportation department will use the money to improve the state s roads and rails leading to Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort George G. Meade, two of the largest recipients of jobs under a federal Base Realignment and Closure plan slated to be completed by September 2011 ... $3 million for intersection improvements along the highways leading to Aberdeen Proving Ground ... The BRAC plan is slated to bring an estimated 25,000 jobs to the Greater Baltimore region, including to Fort Meade and... (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Aberdeen inks water deal to fuel BRAC Mar 10, 2009
City officials approved the 100,000-gallon allocation Feb. 23, which will serve a 765,000-square-foot office and retail development near the Aberdeen Proving Ground ... The city has struggled to find new sources of water as the region prepares for an influx of 8,200 jobs directly related to the federal government s military base realignment, known as BRAC. Many of those jobs, coming to the Aberdeen Proving Ground, have sparked demand for office parks and new homes in Harford County. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Wegmans close to deal for new grocery store in Abingdon Feb 17, 2009
BRAC is expected to bring as many as 8,200 jobs to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County. Wegmans is known for its dizzying array of produce, cheese and gourmet food. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
A healing process Feb 16, 2009
As for his future, Jones said that when his two years at Fort Huachuca are over, he would like to go on to become an instructor at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. After a couple of years in that job, he would like to become a warrant officer. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
ECBC Now Accepting Applications for 2009 Minority Undergraduate Summer Internship Program Feb 12, 2009
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md ... Applicants must plan to reside within a commutable distance of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md ... ECBC is a US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command laboratory located at the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. (PR Newswire)
Base realignment boon becomes burden in recession Feb 8, 2009
- Like most states on the receiving end of big military base moves, leaders in Maryland crowed four years ago when the Pentagon announced thousands of jobs would be transferred to the Aberdeen Proving Ground from Fort Monmouth, N.J. "Having won the battle of Monmouth vs. Aberdeen, we are in good shape now," said Aris Melissaratos, who was Maryland's secretary of economic development at the time and had testified as the military weighed its decision that Maryland is "ready to handle any expansion... (ABC 7 News, DC)
