Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Bedford
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Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Bedford | |
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Part of United States Navy | |
Bedford, Massachusetts | |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Type | Weapons Plant |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Navy |
Open to the public |
No |
Site history | |
In use | 1952-2000 |
Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Bedford (NWIRP) was a government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facility which had the mission of designing, fabricating, and testing prototype weapons and equipment from 1952 until December 2000, located in Bedford, Massachusetts[1] It is located just north of Hanscom Air Force Base. It is currently a Superfund site undergoing environmental cleanup.[1]
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