Andrew Lewis, formerly group finance director at Avon Rubber, has been appointed to the same role at U.K.-based technology products and services provider Chemring Group  effective Jan. 9, 2017. Chemring said Dec. 13 Lewis will succeed Andrew Davies, who has served as the company’s interim finance director over the past two months, and will also join the board of […] More

Jim Batina has been appointed by the Chemring Group as business development vice president for its Chemring Ordnance subsidiary and will handle the business development efforts of that unit and Chemring Military Products. Batina started at COR in 2012 under its business development group and has since worked in the areas of defense business capture, manufacturing and research and development, COR […] More

The U.S. Army has announced plans to negotiate a contract for engineering work on a technology platform that soldiers use to detect improvised explosive devices and antitank mines on roads. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the Army intends to enlist a Chemring Group business unit to perform engineering modifications in the military branch’s Husky Mounted Detection System. The […] More

The U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy have awarded a Chemring Group subsidiary $17.6 million in contracts to produce and deliver MJU-61A/B flares and M2o6 and M211 infrared decoy flares. Chemring Countermeasures will produce the MJU-61A/B and m206 flares at its Kilgore facility in Toone, Tennessee and the M211 at its Alloy Surfaces facility in Chester Township, […] More

Kevin McDonald, former vice president of operations at National Technical Systems, has been appointed vice president of programs at Chemring Group subsidiary Chemring Ordnance. Chemring said Tuesday McDonald previously served as senior general manager for General Dynamics‘ ordnance and tactical systems large caliber operations business with responsibility over a demilitarization center and two government-owned, contractor-operated facilities. His career at General Dynamics also includes roles as program manager of the 120mm […] More

Chemring Group‘s detection systems business line has received initial funds on a potential $3.06 million contract to develop final prototypes for the U.S. Army‘s Next Generation Chemical Detector Surface Contaminant Locator program. The company said Thursday it will develop multi-sample identifier, surface contaminant locator and a platform/site air monitor variants that work to meet NGCD Technology […] More

A Chemring Group subsidiary has received a $29 million order to provide non-standard ammunition to the U.S. Defense Department. Chemring said Wednesday the order marks the second delivery order the company received under a five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract awarded in March. DoD initially ordered $18 million in ammunition from the company’s military products business. Chemring and Orbital ATK hold positions on the potential $750 million […] More

A Chemring Group subsidiary has received contracts worth almost $4 million to provide bomb detection systems to the U.S. Army and subsurface object detectors to Saudi Arabia. NIITEK will build technology for the Army to detect underground roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices under the Next-Generation Handheld Multi-Sensor Explosive contract, Chemring said Tuesday. The Army Research Laboratory awarded […] More

A Chemring Group subsidiary has signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to manufacture propellant grains for the service’s anti-personnel obstacle breaching system. Chemring Ordnance will produce up to 11,000 extruded double base N-5 propellant grains under the four-year partnership, Chemring said Monday. “We look forward to expanding this partnership into additional opportunities to jointly manufacture […] More

A Chemring Group subsidiary has secured two contracts worth a combined $26 million to manufacture special material decoys for the U.S. military to guard aircraft from infrared guided missile threats. The Army awarded Chemring unit Alloy Surfaces a three-year contract for the production of M211, MJU50A/B and MJU-51A/B IR countermeasures for both the Army and […] More

Juan Navarro, an experienced information technology professional who previously served as CEO of HDT Global, has been appointed as the new president and CEO of Advanced IT Concepts. He will assume responsibility for guiding the company through its upcoming phase of growth, the Florida-based company said Wednesday.

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A Research and Markets report on the global explosive detection systems market forecasts the industry will see an 11.4-percent compound annual growth rate over the next five years. The research firm said Monday it predicts the explosive detectors market’s value will grow from $3.56 billion last year to $6.12 billion in 2020 due to an increase […] More