Nammo
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| Private | |
| Industry | Military industry |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Raufoss, Norway |
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Key people
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Morten Brandtzæg (CEO), |
| Products | Ammunition, missile and propulsion systems |
| Revenue | NOK 3439 million (2009) |
| NOK 407 million (2009) | |
| NOK 277 million (2009) | |
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Number of employees
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1900 (2009) |
| Parent | Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry (50%) Patria (Owned by Government of Finland) (50%) |
| Website | www.nammo.com |
Nammo short for Nordic Ammunition Company is a Norwegian/Finnish aerospace and defense group specialized in production of ammunition, rocket motors and space applications. The company has subsidiaries in Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Australia, the United States and Canada. The company is owned 50/50 by the Norwegian Government represented by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries and the Finnish defence company Patria. The company has its headquarters in Raufoss, Norway.
The company has five business units: Small Caliber Division, Medium & Large Caliber Division, Missile Products Division, Demil Division and Nammo Talley.
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History
Nammo was founded in 1998 by Raufoss, Patria, and Celsius. Raufoss was later demerged continued though operations by Norsk Hydro and Raufoss Technology. The ownership of Nammo was transferred to the government of Norway. [1]
Products
Missile propulsion
- AIM-120 AMRAAM
- RIM-162 ESSM
- IRIS-T (under license)
- Exocet
- AIM-9 Sidewinder
- Penguin
- Naval Strike Missile (Only rocket booster)
- ARIANE 5 (Separation & Acceleration Boosters)
- HVM (Hyper Velocity Missile)[citation needed]
- RBS 23 BAMSE SAM[citation needed]
- IDAS (Interactive Defence & Attack for Submarines)[citation needed]
Orbital launch vehicle
In January 2013, Nammo and the Andøya Rocket Range spaceport announced that they would be "developing an orbital Nanosatellite launch vehicle (NLV) rocket system called North Star that will use a standardized hybrid motor, clustered in different numbers and arrangements, to build two types of sounding rockets and an orbital launcher" that would be able to deliver a 10 kg (22 lb) nanosat into polar orbit.[1]
Small Caliber Ammunition
- 5.56×45mm NATO
- 6.5×47mm Lapua
- 7.62×39mm
- 7.62×51mm NATO and .308 Winchester
- 7.62×54mmR
- 7.62×63mm (.30-06 Springfield)
- .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6×70mm)
- 9×19mm Parabellum
Medium & Large Caliber Ammunition
Nammo produces, or has produced, the following medium and large caliber ammunition:[citation needed]
- 12.7×99mm (.50 BMG)
- 12.7×99 mm Raufoss Mk 211 Multipurpose
- 20×102mm[citation needed]
- 20×139mm[citation needed]
- 25×137mm[citation needed]
- 27×145mm[citation needed]
- 30×113mmB[citation needed]
- 30×173mm[citation needed]
- 35×228mm[citation needed]
- 40×51mm
- 40×53mm[citation needed]
- 40×365mmR[citation needed]
- 57 mm L/70 3P[citation needed]
- M72 LAW
- 120 mm Tank Ammunition[citation needed]
- Propellant Charges, For Artillery and Mortars[citation needed]
- Artillery Shell Bodies[citation needed]
- Hand grenades
- Warheads
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Nammo Bloodhound hybrid rocket motor, first test firing, 9 December 2014.
