<p>Guys,</p>
<p>I'm intrested in designing and manufacturing of military weapons. </p>
<p>What is the major(s) needed for this ?</p>
<p>And if you know a program in a college concerned in such things, please give a brief describtion of it.</p>
<p>A lot of different people are involved in the manufacture of weapons. However, most of those people are probably engineers. Chemical engineers, materials engineers, and mechanical engineers all play an important part in this field. Since designing military hardware is probably going to require more than just a B.S., I advise you to go for the engineering field you feel most comfortable with, and see what your options are at the graduate level.</p>
<p>Any engineering major. And you will have to be a US citizen</p>
<p>DOD has departments that does a lot of research doing weapons research. The Navy just invented a laser that can be used on a ship that can burn holes through steel. </p>
<p>You don’t have to have a masters. They accept BS and they put you in rotating assignments to help you find your fit.</p>
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As someone who works for a defense contractor, “military weapons” covers a lot of territory and a lot of disciplines. I would say that mechanical and electrical engineering covers most of it, although materials, chemical, and aerospace are also well represented. It really depends on what specifically you want to design, and what role you want to play - if you want to design laser weapons (or other exotic types) then you want electrical, as the mechanical engineers will be in supporting roles only. Aerospace engineers tend to lead rocket and missile designs, mechanical engineers tend to lead gun and cannon designs. Get the idea?</p>
<p>Also, you will need a security clearance. Do you think you will be able to qualify?</p>
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Weapon design is not a part of any college program that I know, as it is too restricted for the general college audience. That having been said, the military does maintain research labs on many campuses, some of which do weapons research and have undergrads participate. Check out the Naval Research Lab at Penn State, or Lincoln Lab at MIT. As an engineering student you would be able to get your foot in the door working as an intern at such a lab.</p>
<p>My old officemate worked on the fire control system of the AC-130 gunship (C-130 loaded with down-firing chain guns. 'nuff said, I’d work on it for free :)). He was BS and MS CompSci. Also did lots of avionics and the like.</p>