Scranton Army Ammunition Plant
Scranton AAP is located near the center of Scranton. The site consists of 15.3 acres and 14 buildings. SCAAP is a Government-Owned, ContractorOperated (GOCO) Army installation, and a leading producer of large-caliber ammunition metal parts. The projectiles produced at SCAAP are manufactured for the joint forces. Using equipment capable of continuous production, SCAAP is able to effectively and efficiently manufacture production runs from small batch quantities to more than 1,000,000 metal projectiles annually. The operating contractor, General DynamicsOrdnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), also manufactures commercial metal parts for the gas and oil industry. The production of these parts offsets GD-OTS’ cost of operating the installation.
The installation was originally constructed as a steam locomotive erecting and repair facility in 1908. The Army bought the property in 1951 and converted it to a production plant for the metal parts for large caliber artillery projectiles for the Korean War and production began in 1953. Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) was established in 1953 and operated by the U.S. Hoffman Machinery Corporation until 1963, when Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation became the operating contractor. SCAAP is housed on 15.3 acres, with seven buildings, totaling 495,000 square feet of production square footage. Built in 1908, the main buildings remain largely unaltered. Thus, the installation is included in a national historic district, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Yard – Dickson Manufacturing Company Site, and is listed on the National Registry of Historical Places.
In 1963, Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation became the contractor. In 1967, a plan for modernizing the facilities and equipment was implemented. General Dynamics-Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) assumed operation of the facility from Chamberlain in 2006, and is the current operating contractor.
SCAAP is a member of the Army Materiel Command’s Organic Industrial Base (OIB). The OIB consists of 23 facilities that conduct a myriad of logistics activities to include worldwide shipment and receipt operations; production, storage, and demilitarization of ammunition; and overhaul, modernization, and upgrade of major weapons systems. SCAAP is a subordinate command of the U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command (JMC). The Organic Industrial Base is a National Security Readiness Insurance Policy and a key component of unit combat readiness
Recent production has included 5-inch shells for the Navy, 120-mm mortar rounds for the Army and several 155-mm developmental rounds (M898, M795 and XM982) in conjunction with Picatinny Arsenal, although Scranton was officially an inactive plant.
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS), a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), announced April 27, 2023 it has been awarded a $217M task order to increase 155mm artillery projectile metal parts production at its northeast Pennsylvania operations. This task order, awarded under a recently modified $1.48 billion Army contract supporting the manufacture of large-caliber projectile metal parts and mortar shell bodies, will fund the modernization and expansion of 155mm projectile metal parts capacity at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant and General Dynamics Wilkes-Barre facility, with both ramping up production by the end of fiscal year 2025.
“We take great pride in the U.S. Army’s decision to further invest in its industrial partners and for General Dynamics to play such an important role in accelerating new artillery production capacity,” said Kevin Wall, senior vice president and general manager at General Dynamics-OTS. “In close collaboration with the US Army, our teams are taking great strides to achieve critical increases in artillery production”.
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