 They tested this rocket engine in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, not far from the laboratory they built it in.With Lawrence as president and Wyld, Pierce, and Shesta as company officers, Reaction Motors, Inc. received its first naval contract in 1942.Operating on a start-up budget of $5,000, the company first used a bicycle shop in Oakland, NJ belonging to Shesta's brother in-law as mailing address and laboratory but soon moved to a previous night club in Pompton Plains, NJ to provide space for rocket engine testing and machine work.