A little-known R&D facility, operated by NJIT’s New Jersey Innovation Institute with the U.S. Army Picatinny Arsenal for its primary client, is beginning to thrive one year after moving off-campus.
The facility is called COMET — Collaborative Operationalized Manufacturing Engineering and Training — located about 30 miles northwest of NJIT’s Newark campus, close to Picatinny, which is the Army headquarters for conventional weapons development.
COMET hosts students and faculty throughout the year, not just from NJIT but from various institutions, who all share civic and scientific interest in collaborating with Department of Defense resources but may not want the full commitment of joining the military. Participants must be American citizens. Security clearances aren’t required, but eventually will be for faculty and graduate students in certain…
