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  • Army Orders $69M in BAE Rocket Propellant Grains - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders $69M in BAE Rocket Propellant Grains

    BAE Systems has secured a $69 million contract from the U.S. Army to manufacture additional propellant grains for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft rockets. The company said Wednesday it will produce MK90 propellants at the BAE-operated Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Virginia through October 2018. Reed McPeak, vice president and general manager of BAE’s ordnance systems business, said the propellants are designed […] 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