The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP), located in Des Moines County in southeastern Iowa, near the city of Burlington, produces and delivers component assembly, and medium- and large-caliber ammunition items for the United States Department of Defense using modern production methods in support of worldwide operations.
The installation has a government staff of 25 Department of the Army civilians and one soldier to provide contract oversight.
American Ordnance LLC, a subsidiary of Day & Zimmermann, is the primary corporation operating IAAAP.
[1] In August 1989, IAAAP was placed on the National Priorities List (NPL), because explosives had caused surface water contamination beyond the installation boundary.
A March 2020 an area of potential Interest was identified within the OU-1 boundary, a fire training pit where the military used aqueous Film-Forming Foam for firefighting training, and PFOA, PFBS, and PFOS and potential exposure pathways need to be evaluated.