Nammo

Nammo AS
Private
Industry Military industry
Founded 1998
Headquarters Raufoss, Norway
Key people
 Morten Brandtzæg (CEO),
Products Ammunition, missile and propulsion systems
NOK 1061 million (2016)
Number of employees
 2200 (2017)
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 defence 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.

History

Nammo was founded in 1998 by Raufoss (Norway), Patria (Finland) and Celsius (Sweden). The Lapua cartridge factory in Finland is also part of the Nammo group as Nammo Lapua Oy. In 2005, the present joint ownership between Patria and the Norwegian Government was established.[1]

Products

Missile propulsion

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.[2]

Small caliber ammunition

Medium and large caliber ammunition

Nammo produces, or has produced, the following medium and large caliber ammunition:

References

  1. ↑ "History of Lapua". Nammo Lapua. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Lindsey, Clark (2013-01-28). "North Star rocket family with hybrid propulsion". NewSpace Watch. Retrieved 2013-01-28. (Subscription required (help)).
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