Mr. Grassano was assigned as Director of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Armaments Center at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, on February 21, 2023. As Director, Mr. Grassano provides executive leadership and managerial accountability for the CCDC Armaments Center, which conducts advanced armaments and munitions research, development, and engineering to deliver overmatch battlefield capabilities to U.S. forces and its allies. As the Armament Center’s top senior executive, Mr. Grassano is responsible for the oversight and execution of an annual budget of approximately $1.3 billion, 64 state of the art laboratories, and a workforce of over 4,000 government and support personnel who are dedicated to delivering superior lethal and non-lethal armament solutions to the U.S. warfighter in peacetime and in war.