National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST Needs to Reevaluate Plans to Support Its Ballistics Testing Program. Public Release

摘要

In May 1999, the National Institute of Standards and Technology completed designs and plans to award a construction contract to renovate on an existing, but abandoned, building near its main Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus to serve as a combination ballistics testing facility and firing range. The renovated facility was to be used for two purposes. First, NIST's Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory was to use it for ballistics research conducted by its Office of Law Enforcement Standards. Secondly, NIST's police would use if for firearms qualification and training purposes.