The risk of projectiles ricocheting into state Route 9 and I-87 led the U.S. Army branch contracting with a private security consulting firm to pull its support for a project to test-fire military cannons in the northeastern Adirondacks, records show. The communications from 2023 obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and shared with the Adirondack Explorer show a competency manager at Benét Laboratories in Watervliet detailing a “stop work” letter to Unconventional Concepts Inc., reports the Adirondack Explorer.