The Ordinance [sic] Research Division was a division of the Imperial Department of Military Research that was based at the Maw Installation, an Imperial research center in the midst of the Maw Cluster, a virtually unnavigable cluster of black holes. The Ordinance Research Division was headed by Director Golanda.
Behind the scenes
Though this is clearly a facility that researches ordnance, not ordinances, the term "ordinance" is used in the division's name in the Maw Installation Organizational Chart on page 71 of The Jedi Academy Sourcebook. Page 73 uses the correct term when it mentions the Imperial Ordnance Research Facility and Ordnance Research and Development.
Sources
- The Jedi Academy Sourcebook (First mentioned)