Nammo


Nammo, short for Nordic Ammunition Company, is a Norwegian-Finnish aerospace and defence group specialized in production of ammunition, 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 and the Finnish defence company Patria. The company has its headquarters in Raufoss, Norway.
The company has four business units: Small and Medium Caliber Ammunition, Large Caliber Systems, Aerospace Propulsion, and Commercial Ammunition.

History

Nammo was founded in 1998 by Raufoss, Patria, and . The in Lapua, Finland, is also part of the Nammo group as. In 2005, the present joint ownership between Patria and the Norwegian government was established.
In 2007, Nammo acquired the US munitions company Talley, Inc. after purchasing 100% of its shares.

Controversies

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 that this is a breach of the intended spirit of national export regulations.
In 2009, it was revealed that the Israeli Defense Forces purchased 28,000 M72 LAWs from Nammo Talley, along with weapons parts and training missiles valued at NOK 600 million. These munitions were later used in Operation Cast Lead. According to Nammo Raufoss AS managing director, Lars Harald Lied, the company also produces 12.7mm "Multi-Purpose" ammunition that was used by both American and Norwegian soldiers in the War in Afghanistan.

Products

Current production

Missiles parts and assembly

As of 2024, Nammo produced the following non-exhaustive list of medium:
  • Cartridges
  • * 20×102mm
  • * 20×128mm
  • * 20×139mm
  • * 25×137mm
  • * 27×145mm
  • * 30×113mm
  • * 30×173mm
  • * 30×173mm Swimmer
  • * 35×228mm
  • * 57mm L/70 3P
  • Grenade for grenade launcher
  • * 40 mm RF AIRBURST AMMUNITION
  • * 40×53mm HV

    Indirect fire ammunition

  • Propellant charges for artillery and mortars
  • Mortar shells
  • * HE
  • * IR smoke
  • * Illuminating
  • Artillery shell bodies

    Tank ammunition

  • 120 mm tank ammunition
  • * HE target practice
  • * HE
  • * Kinetic Energy Target Practice
  • * IM Canister

    Other types of ammunitions

  • Hand grenades
  • * SOHG
  • * HGO50-3.5
  • * HGO225-3.5
  • * Fragmentation increment sleeve for offensive hand grenade
  • * M67 hand grenade
  • * HGF165-3.5
  • * Training hand grenades
  • * TTC Smoke grenade
  • Ignition systems
  • APOBS Mk7 Mod2
  • Warheads
  • * 70 mm rocket warhead

    Shoulder-fired systems

Nammo has manufactured shoulder-fired systems since the 1960s, with licence production of the M72 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, Nammo has operations in ten places in the US 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 the M141 Bunker Defeat Munition for the United States Army, while Nammo's facilities in Columbus, Mississippi, manufactures ammunition for the SMAW system for the United 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.

Products in development

Missiles parts

  • THOR-ER - ramjet missile engine in development
  • NSM-SL - a submarine launched Naval Strike Missile, participating to the study of a submarine variant, focusing on the rocket boosting system for a submarine launched weapon
  • Nammo develops with Northrop Grumman the Mk72 solid rocket motor for the first stage of the future Raytheon SM-3 Block1B missile of the US Navy.

    Rocket engine consultancy and development

In 2019, Nammo was awarded an ESA contract to initiate development of a reusable rocket engine for the ascent stage of the Heracles lunar lander. The engine may be fed by electrically driven pumps, from low pressure propellant tanks, which may enable in-space refueling.