BATTLESPACE announces the introduction of the BATTLESPACE Ballistics Forum which will provide technical input from a Panel of experts culminating in the first annual Conference at Bisley in 2026.
This new Ballistics Section will be introduced on the BATTLESPACE Weekly Update and Exhibition News and White Papers added to the website.
The Editor cut his teeth in ballistics technology being in the front line as head of Public Relations for Astra Holdings during the company’s huge growth in the early eighties and then sudden fall from grace during the Iraq Supergun affair, where the Belgian subsidiary PRB, purchased in 1989 was found to be the source of the supergun propellant developed by Dr Gerald Bull. The company was brought from the Receivers by BAE Systems.
The recent SDSR required the building of 6 new munitions facilities to onshore and increase production of munitions of all calibres. The head of the Army CGS General Sir Roly Walker has forecast a tripling of lethality in 10 years. This can be achieved by advances in ballistics, powder and TNT to achieve more bangs for bucks!
The demise of Fort Halsted following the privatisation of DERA to form Qinetiq placed a big gap in R&D for ballistics and explosives. The BATTLESPACE Ballistics Forum will bring together experts in the black art of ballistics with a Conference on small arms ammunition next year at Bisley
There is a new BATTLESPACE Ballistics Forum section on the website where White papers and technology papers can be submitted.
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