Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Dallas

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Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Dallas
Part of United States Navy
Bedford, Massachusetts
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Type Weapons Plant
Site information
Controlled by Navy
Open to
the public
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Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Dallas (NWIRP) was a government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facility which had the mission of designing, fabricating, and testing prototype weapons and equipment, and is located in Dallas, Texas.[1] In 2012, the plant was sold to a private corporation for $357,500.[2] It was located for most of its time next to Naval Air Station Dallas, now known as the Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex.

History as a military facility

The Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Dallas was a property where the U.S. military crafted fighter planes during both World War II and the Cold War. NASA also used this site for the space exploration program.[3]

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  3. http://www.dcma.mil/News_Room/headlines/2015/081715.cfm