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Nammo

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Norwegian-Finnish aerospace and defence company

Nammo, short for Nordic Ammunition Company, is a Norwegian-Finnish aerospace and defence group specialized in production of ammunition, rocket engines and space applications. The company has subsidiaries in Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States. The company ownership is evenly split between the Norwegian government (represented by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries) and the Finnish defence company Patria.2 It was founded by Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker.1 It employed 2,700 people in 2022.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1
  • Industryweapons industry1
  • HeadquartersRaufoss1
  • Founded inRaufoss1
  • Websitenammo.com
  • Legal formaksjeselskap1
  • LEI5493006X3NOVTJ09KM783
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressEnggata 37, 2830 Raufoss, Norway3
  • Registered withThe Brønnøysund Register Centre, 979 984 7313

Nammo, short for Nordic Ammunition Company, is a Norwegian-Finnish aerospace and defence group specialized in production of ammunition, rocket engines and space applications. The company has subsidiaries in Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States. The company ownership is evenly split between 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.2

Corporate structure

Nammo sits at the top of its group. 10 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Nammo Raufoss, Norway
    • Nammo Lapua Lapua, Finland
    • Lapua Cartridge Factory Subsidiary · Lapua, Finland
    • Nammo (United States) Subsidiary · United States
    • NAMMO PALENCIA SL Subsidiary · Raufoss, Norway
    • NAMMO RAUFOSS AS Subsidiary · Raufoss, Norway
      • NAMMO NAD AS Subsidiary · Løkken Verk, Norway
    • Nammo Sweden Aktiebolag Subsidiary · Karlsborg, Sweden
    • Nammo Vihtavuori Oy Subsidiary · Vihtavuori, Finland
    • ND PressTec GmbH Subsidiary · Schwerte, Germany

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker in 1998, in Raufoss.1

Nammo was founded in 1998 by Raufoss (Norway), Patria (Finland), and Celsius (Sweden). The Lapua cartridge factory in Lapua, Finland, is also part of the Nammo group as Nammo Lapua Oy. In 2005, the present joint ownership between Patria and the Norwegian government was established.

In 2007, Nammo acquired the US munitions company Talley, Inc. after purchasing 100% of its shares.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nammo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • ammunition
  • missile
  • rocket engine

Listed on Wikidata.1

Missiles parts and assembly

Propulsion

AIM-9L Sidewinder - propellant production

AIM-120 AMRAAM - solid rocket motor

IRIS-T family:

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IRIS-T (air-to-air) - solid rocket motor

IRIS-T SLS (same missile as air-to-air variant) - solid rocket motor

IRIS-T SLM - solid rocket motor

IRIS-T SLX - solid rocket motor

IDAS (interactive defence & attack for submarines) - solid rocket motor

Thales LMM - solid rocket motor

Naval strike missile - rocket booster

Penguin Mk2 Mod7 (helicopter launched) - solid rocket motor

RIM-162 ESSM - solid rocket motor

SM40 Exocet - rocket booster

Orbital launch vehicle

Rockets:

Nammo Space Nucleus Sounding Rocket

Rocket parts:

Rocket propulsion:

Nammo manufactures the separation rocket motors for Ariane 6, and in the past manufactured them for the Ariane 5.

P120 Booster Igniter for the Vega and Ariane 6 rockets

220N Monopropellant Thruster - Nammo’s green propulsion technologies for Roll and Attitude Control Systems

Unitary Motor 1, a 30 kN hybrid engine for the Nucleus Sounding Rocket

Propellant tanks:

Aluminium propellant tank for the Vega upper stage AVUM

Satellites:

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 uses a standardized hybrid motor, clustered in different numbers and arrangements, to build two types of sounding rockets and an orbital launcher", able to deliver a 10 kg (22 lb) nanosat into polar orbit.

Small calibre ammunition

5.56×45mm NATO

6.5×47mm Lapua

7.62×51mm NATO and.308 Winchester

7.62×53mmR

.30-06 Springfield (7.62×63mm)

.338 Lapua Magnum (8.6×70mm)

9×19mm Parabellum

12.7×99mm (.50 BMG)

12.7×99 mm Raufoss Mk 211 multipurpose

Medium calibre ammunition

As of 2024, Nammo produced the following non-exhaustive list of medium:

Cartridges

20×102mm

20×128mm

20×139mm

25×137mm

27×145mm

30×113mm

30×173mm

30×173mm Swimmer (APFSDS-T MK 258 Mod 1)

35×228mm

57mm L/70 3P

Grenade for grenade launcher

40 mm RF AIRBURST AMMUNITION

40×53mm HV

Indirect fire ammunition

Propellant charges for artillery and mortars

Mortar shells (60, 81 and 120mm)

HE

IR smoke

Illuminating

Artillery shell bodies (155mm)

Tank ammunition

120 mm tank ammunition

HE target practice

HE

Kinetic Energy Target Practice

IM Canister

Other types of ammunitions

Hand grenades

SOHG (Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade)

HGO50-3.5 (offensive hand grenade)

HGO225-3.5 (offensive hand grenade)

Fragmentation increment sleeve for offensive hand grenade

M67 hand grenade

HGF165-3.5 (fragmentation hand grenade)

Training hand grenades

TTC Smoke grenade

Ignition systems

APOBS Mk7 Mod2 (Anti-personnel breaching system)

Warheads

70 mm rocket warhead

Shoulder-fired systems

Nammo has manufactured shoulder-fired systems since the 1960s, with licence production of the M72 LAW beginning at Raufoss in Norway in 1966. In 2007, Nammo acquired the US munitions company Talley, Inc. after purchasing 100% of its shares. Today, Nammo has operations in ten places in the US (Nammo Defense Systems Inc.) and is the only licensed manufacturer of the M72 LAW, with production lines in Raufoss and Mesa, Arizona.

In addition to the M72, Mesa also manufactures the M141 Bunker Defeat Munition for the United States Army, while Nammo's facilities in Columbus, Mississippi, manufactures ammunition for the SMAW system for the United States Marine Corps.

Nammo Defense Systems Inc., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $498,092,926 firm-fixed-price contract for the full rate production of M72 light assault weapon variants and components for shoulder-launched munitions training systems on 20 December 2021.

Missiles parts

THOR-ER - ramjet missile engine in development

NSM-SL - a submarine launched Naval Strike Missile, participating to the study of a submarine variant, focusing on the rocket boosting system for a submarine launched weapon

Nammo develops with Northrop Grumman the Mk72 solid rocket motor for the first stage of the future Raytheon SM-3 Block1B missile of the US Navy.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nammo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • Lapua Cartridge Factory
  • Nammo (United States)
  • Nammo Lapua

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Aug 1998Acquired Lapua Cartridge Factory1

Employees over time

  • 20222,7001

Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded in Raufoss1

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