Type Private Net income NOK 277 million (2009) Headquarters Raufoss, Norway | Operating income Number of employees 1,900 (2009) Founded 1998 | |
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Key people Morten Brandtzæg (CEO), Products Ammunition, missile and propulsion systems Revenue NOK 3439 million (2009) Parent organization Ministry of Trade and Industry (67.5%) Subsidiaries Nammo Lapua Oy, Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker | ||
Vihtavuori powders acquired by nammo parent company of lapua
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.
Contents
- Vihtavuori powders acquired by nammo parent company of lapua
- Nammo 120mm he t
- History
- Missile propulsion
- Orbital launch vehicle
- Small Caliber Ammunition
- Medium Large Caliber Ammunition
- References
The company has five business units: Small Caliber Division, Medium & Large Caliber Division, Missile Products Division, Demil Division and Nammo Talley.
Nammo 120mm he t
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]
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.
Small Caliber Ammunition
Medium & Large Caliber Ammunition
Nammo produces, or has produced, the following medium and large caliber ammunition: