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Nammo And Firehawk Aerospace Make More Rocket Motor Investments In U.S.

Nammo And Firehawk Aerospace Make More Rocket Motor Investments In U.S.
Pictured is a Nammo photo of its existing site in Perry, Fla. where the company said it makes "40mm low and high velocity ammunition; pyrotechnic marking; signaling and tactical illumination devices; battlefield effects training simulators; demolition charges; hand grenade fuzes; and other ammunition components."

Norway's Nammo has awarded Parsons Corp. [PSN] a more than $100 million task order to build a new rocket motor plant in Perry, Fla., in the next two years, and construction began in October, Parsons said on Friday. In April, RTX [RTX] said it had awarded contracts to Nammo and Northrop Grumman [NOC] to qualify the companies as alternative sources for Mk 72 solid rocket motors (SRMs), now built by L3Harris Technologies [LHX] (Defense Daily, Apr. 8). The Navy uses…

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