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  • Andrew Lewis Appointed Chemring Group Finance Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andrew Lewis Appointed Chemring Group Finance Director

    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

  • Chemring to Supply Army & Navy Flares for Helicopter Survivability System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chemring to Supply Army & Navy Flares for Helicopter Survivability System

    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

  • Chemring Secures Initial Funds to Develop Army Surface Contaminant Locator Prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chemring Secures Initial Funds to Develop Army Surface Contaminant Locator Prototype

    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

  • Chemring Subsidiary Lands 2nd DoD Non-Standard Ammo Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chemring Subsidiary Lands 2nd DoD Non-Standard Ammo Delivery Order

    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

  • NIITEK Lands IED Tech Sales Contract in Gulf Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIITEK Lands IED Tech Sales Contract in Gulf Region

    A subsidiary of Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems has landed an estimated $10 million contract for the sale of buried threat detection devices from a country in the Persian Gulf region. NIITEK will deliver its Groundshark dual-sensor handheld system that works to detect buried objects and threats including mines and improvised explosive devices, the company said Monday. NIITEK President […] More

  • Chemring to Build Navy Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching Propellant Grains; Michael Quesenberry Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chemring to Build Navy Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching Propellant Grains; Michael Quesenberry Comments

    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