Nammo could deliver its 155mm extreme range ramjet-powered artillery round as soon as 2023, according to the company.
Testing is currently ongoing for the round, which has a range of up to 100km, and the company is expecting to carry out a live firing of the projectile in 2019/2020.
For the live demonstration, the round will be fired from a standard L52 or L55 gun, according to Erland Orbekk, VP technology at Nammo.
The ramjet propulsion system uses an air breathing engine which means the air intake is utilised as a compressor, there are no moving parts and it is