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| 2025 |
120×570mm NATO
Rheinmetall forecasts serial production of the KE2020Neo APFSDS round, promising a 20% performance increase through lighter sabot and more energetic propellant.
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| January 2025 | Showed interest in purchasing Sofisport, a company with 1,000 employees across fifteen sites in France, Italy, Spain, the UK, and Canada. |
| 2024 |
120×570mm NATO
United States introduced the M1147 AMP ammunition by Northrop Grumman, featuring approximately 2.3 kg of PAX-3 explosive with embedded tungsten fragments and three operational modes.
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| June 15 2024 | Changed company name to FN Browning Group. |
| February 17 2024 | Launched a venture capital group named FNX with 20 million euro capital. |
| 2023 |
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France's Nexter Munitions qualified the SHARD Mk. 1 APFSDS round, claiming a 15% performance increase and 25% reduced barrel wear compared to previous rounds.
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| 2023 | Posted a profit of 75 million euros with its second-highest ever revenue of 908 million euros. |
| January 17 2023 | NIOA acquired full ownership of Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, an American rifle manufacturer. |
| February 15 2022 | A $73 million settlement was reached between the Sandy Hook families and Remington, with the cost borne by insurers. |
| 2021 |
120×570mm NATO
The United States developed the AKE-T round, which aimed to replace the depleted uranium penetrator of the M829A4 with a tungsten alloy main rod and steel tip section.
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| 2021 |
Military headstamps
Factory 601 reduced 9×19mm Parabellum ammunition packaging from 90-round to 50-round trays, and began exporting to the United States through Tactical Sh*t of St. Peters, Missouri.
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| June 3 2021 | NIOA partnered with Black Sky Aerospace and Quickstep for the Australian Government's sovereign guided missiles project. |
| 2020 |
Military headstamps
Tela ammo begins export to the United States under the TelaAmmo USA brand through Tela-IMPEX LLC, based in Hallandale Beach, FL.
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| December 9 2020 | NIOA entered into an agreement with Olin Corporation to supply the Australian Defence Force with small arms ammunition. |
| July 28 2020 | Remington filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, leading to the division and sale of its assets to multiple buyers including Vista Outdoor, Roundhill Group, LLC, and Sturm, Ruger & Co. |
| June 29 2020 | NIOA agreed to enter into a joint tenancy with Thales Australia for the government-owned munitions factory in Benalla. |
| 2019 |
120×570mm NATO
Design of TANOK smart munition initiated by Roketsan in Turkey, featuring two attack modes: direct and top attack, with a 'soft launch' engine.
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| 2019 |
Missile
Introduction of missile-launched hypersonic glide vehicles, raising new proliferation concerns in missile technology.
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| November 1 2019 | Former Australian politician David Feeney was appointed to the advisory board of NIOA. |
| March 14 2019 | The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the Sandy Hook families' wrongful marketing lawsuit against Remington could proceed to trial. |
| 2018 |
120×570mm NATO
Turkey developed two ammunition variants: the MOD 310 HEAT-MP-T (modified from the Israeli M325) and the MOD 300 HE-T (modified from the Israeli M339), both featuring unique propellant and fuzing characteristics.
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| October 18 2018 | Renamed to Camp James A. Garfield, honoring the 20th President of the United States who lived in Portage County. |
| March 2018 | Remington filed for bankruptcy and exited bankruptcy on May 17, 2018, with a restructuring plan supported by 97% of its creditors. |
| January 23 2018 | NIOA was awarded a contract by the Australian Army to supply 155 mm artillery ammunitions. |
| 2017 | Production of the Browning Hi-Power pistol ceased after decades of manufacturing. |
| 2017 |
Military headstamps
Bakelittfabrikken absorbed by Nammo Raufoss.
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| 2017 |
Military headstamps
Conclusion of Albania's UN and NATO munitions disposal activities.
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| December 5 2017 | NIOA signed a contract with the Australian Department of Defence to supply multiple types of ammunition. |
| November 15 2017 | NIOA was selected by the New Zealand Defence Force to supply weapons. |
| August 2017 | A CBS 60 Minutes exposé revealed X-Mark Pro trigger defects linked to several deaths, damaging Remington's reputation. |
| 2016 |
120×570mm NATO
The United States developed the M829A4 APFSDS round, featuring an Ammunition Data Link (ADL) interface and similar characteristics to the M829A3.
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| 2016 |
120×570mm NATO
France developed the 120 mm HE M3M ammunition by Nexter, featuring three operational modes: superquick, airburst, and delay.
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| July 28 2016 | NIOA was awarded a contract to supply 40 mm automatic grenade launchers to the Australian Army. |
| 2015 |
120×570mm NATO
Poland introduced the Pz-511 ammunition with a 2.3 kg TNT explosive payload.
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| 2015 |
Military headstamps
Introduction of the new R SD headstamp for Sadu ammunition production, following an arms industry reform (Law 295/2004, reviewed 2014).
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| 2014 | Camp James A. Garfield (Ravenna Arsenal) was featured as a filming location in Marvel's film Captain America: The Winter Soldier. |
| 2014 |
Badger Army Ammunition Plant
Demolition of the Army manufacturing infrastructure was expected to be completed by this year.
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| 2014 |
Badger Army Ammunition Plant
Additional land transfer planned for USDA Dairy Forage Research Center.
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| 2014 |
Small Arms Ammunition Factory
Australian Munitions began producing civilian market ammunition under the Australian Outback brand, including .223 Remington, .243 Winchester, .300 Blackout, and .308 Winchester cartridges.
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| February 17 2014 | Remington announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art plant in Huntsville, Alabama, moving production lines from Ilion, New York, due to the NY SAFE Act. |
| 2013 |
120×570mm NATO
Falarick guided missile developed jointly by CMI Defence (Belgium) and Luch (Ukraine), a spin-off version of the Konus GLATGM proposed on the export market.
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| 2013 | For the first time since 1928, Remington began offering an air rifle called the 'Remington Express'. |
| 2012 | Remington won a US Army contract to manufacture 24,000 M4A1 carbines at $673 per unit, worth $16,163,252 total. |
| 2012 |
Military headstamps
Cuba established the EMI Empresa Militar Industrial 'Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara' ammunition production facility in La Campana.
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| 2012 |
Military headstamps
GGG AB starts producing sporting .223 Remington and .308 Winchester rounds.
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| 2012 |
Small Arms Ammunition Factory
Thales Australia spun off its factories at Benalla and Mulwala to form the Australian Munitions group.
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| July 2012 |
Military headstamps
The Pirotecnico dell'Esercito di Capua began manufacturing 9mm NATO, 5.56mm NATO, and 7.62mm NATO ammunition for Fiocchi.
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| May 2012 |
Badger Army Ammunition Plant
SpecPro, Inc. concluded its site management responsibilities for the Badger Army Ammunition Plant in May.
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| 2011 |
120×570mm NATO
France developed the 120 EXPL F1 ammunition with a programmable fuze by Nexter.
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