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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Defense industry Aerospace industry |
| Founded | 1998; 27 years ago (1998) |
| Headquarters | Raufoss,Norway |
Key people | Morten Brandtzæg (CEO) |
| Products | Ammunition,missiles, explosives, rocket engines, andpropulsion systems |
| Revenue | NOK 7.45 billion (2022)[1] |
Number of employees | 2,800 (2022)[1] |
| Parent | Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry (50%) Patria 50% (50.1% owned by thegovernment of Finland and 49.9% byKongsberg Gruppen) |
| Website | www |
Nammo, short forNordic Ammunition Company, is aNorwegian-Finnish aerospace and defence group specialized in production ofammunition,rocket engines and space applications. The company has subsidiaries in Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and the United States. The company ownership is evenly split between the Norwegian government (represented by theNorwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries) and the Finnish defence companyPatria. The company has itsheadquarters inRaufoss, Norway.
The company has four business units: Small and Medium Caliber Ammunition, Large Caliber Systems, Aerospace Propulsion, and Commercial Ammunition.
Nammo was founded in 1998 byRaufoss (Norway),Patria (Finland), andCelsius [sv] (Sweden). TheLapua cartridge factory [fi] inLapua, Finland, is also part of the Nammo group asNammo Lapua Oy [fi]. In 2005, the present joint ownership between Patria and the Norwegian government was established.[2]
In 2007, Nammo acquired the US munitions company Talley, Inc. after purchasing 100% of its shares.
Norwegian export control laws prohibit Norwegian companies from selling munitions to countries at war or conflict. Nammo's then information director, Sissel Solum, said Nammo bears no responsibility for the use of their munitions after purchase, although some claimed (including theNorwegian Church Aid andPRIO) that this is a breach of the intended spirit of national export regulations.[3][4]
In 2009, it was revealed that theIsraeli Defense Forces purchased 28,000M72 LAWs from Nammo Talley, along with weapons parts and training missiles valued at NOK 600 million. These munitions were later used inOperation Cast Lead.[3][5] According to Nammo Raufoss AS managing director, Lars Harald Lied, the company also produces 12.7mm "Multi-Purpose" ammunition[6] that was used by both American and Norwegian soldiers in theWar in Afghanistan.
Nammo produces the following missiles and missile propulsion systems:[7]
Nammo manufacturesseparation rocket motors forAriane 6, and in the past manufactured them for theAriane 5.[8]
In January 2013, Nammo and theAndøya Rocket Rangespaceport announced that they would be "developing anorbitalNanosatellite launch vehicle (NLV)rocketsystem calledNorth Star that uses a standardizedhybrid motor, clustered in different numbers and arrangements, to build two types ofsounding rockets and anorbital launcher", able to deliver a 10 kg (22 lb)nanosat intopolar orbit.[9][needs update]
As of 2018, Nammo produced the following non-exhaustive list of medium and large caliber ammunition:[10]
Nammo has manufactured shoulder-fired systems since the 1960s, with licence production of theM72 LAW beginning at Raufoss in Norway in 1966. In 2007, Nammo acquired the US munitions company Talley, Inc. after purchasing 100% of its shares. Today,[when?] Nammo has operations in ten places in the US (Nammo Defense Systems Inc.) and is the only licensed manufacturer of the M72 LAW, with production lines in Raufoss and Mesa, Arizona.
In addition to the M72, Mesa also manufactures theM141 Bunker Defeat Munition for theUnited States Army, while Nammo's facilities inColumbus, Mississippi, manufactures ammunition for theSMAW system for theUnited States Marine Corps.
Nammo Defense Systems Inc., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $498,092,926 firm-fixed-price contract for the full rate production of M72 light assault weapon variants and components for shoulder-launched munitions training systems on 20 December 2021.[11]
In 2019, Nammo was awarded an ESA contract to initiate development of a reusable rocket engine for the ascent stage of theHeracles lunar lander.[12] The engine may be fed by electrically driven pumps, from low pressure propellant tanks, which may enable in-space refueling.[12]
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