AUSA Winter: Nammo looks to qualify M72 FFE
Nammo is hoping to secure a contract for the qualification of its M72 anti-structure munition weapon for fire from enclosure (FFE) missions by the end of the year, the company has explained.
A spokesman from Nammo told Shephard at the AUSA Winter 2014 exhibition in Huntsville, Alabama, that the company was ‘finishing development’ of the 66mm rocket system internally and anticipates a government contract to start the qualification of the M72 for FFE in 2014.
‘The US Marine Corp has an active requirement for FFE,’ the spokesman said. It is likely that there is also a special operations requirement for
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