Medium & Large Caliber Division New era The Medium and Large Caliber Division provides ammunition solutions for the modern warfighter, vehicles, aircraft, artillery and mortar systems. The product range includes ammunition in calibers from 12.7 mm to 155 mm. It also includes the 66 mm M72 LAW, hand grenades and pyrotechnical and illuminating products. The division also offers restoring services of obsolete ammunition and extensive test services at its test center.
Outstanding 2012 2012 was a very good year for both production and deliveries. We started the year with the best possible prerequisite: a solid order backlog. Production lines have been running smoothly, qualitative targets have been met and, consequently, customer expectations were fulfilled, creating solid profitability for the company.
Highlights The M72 continues its successful track record. New versions have been developed and we have secured a new contract with the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF). We have increased our activities in Canada, supplying 40 mm airburst ammunition as well as programming hardware for the ammunition (fuze setters/antennas) to the Canadian forces. We see increased demand for our hand grenade products for military use in the US market. A five-year ID/ IQ contract for our 40mm ammunition was signed, also to the US. We are progressing in Chile with several products, and in 2012 we
secured a significant contract for deliveries of hand grenades from Vihtavuori.
For the future Nammo has completed the development phase of the world’s most advanced new generation aircraft ammunition, APEX, and we are now entering qualification. APEX features optimal aerodynamics and a fuze that delays detonation. The 25 mm APEX is a high-explosive, armor-piercing ammunition, extremely precise up to a range of 2 000 meters. Our goal is that most of the world’s F-35 air fighters will be equipped with APEX and the corresponding training ammunition that is being developed in parallel, securing jobs at Nammo for the coming decades, for both the combat and the training ammunition. Requirements for performance are continuously changing. The business unit is a niche player with unique, highperformance products, characterized by a broad range of ongoing R&D activities, as well as technology and product development programs. In addition to APEX, we have the 40 mm L60 for the
Core business the medium and large Caliber Division cover a broad range of combat and training ammunition for army, navy and air force applications. Locations • Nammo Raufoss (Raufoss, Norway) • Nammo Bakelittfabrikken (aurskog, Norway) • Nammo lIaB (lindesberg and Karlskoga, Sweden) • Nammo lapua, (Vihtavuori, Finland) • Nammo mtH (Hérémence, Switzerland) Employees approximately 650 at year end.
US market and new plastic training ammunition for the Norwegian Army.
Strategic acquisition Nammo and Santa Bárbara Sistemas have reached an agreement for the takeover of the Spanish-based Palencia Factory, strengthening the overall product portfolio, enhancing the company’s technological capabilities and securing both the domestic and international markets. Completion of the acquisition is pending final approval by the Spanish Ministry of Defense.