The British Defence Ministry has placed a new £20 million order with BAE Systems to supply additional small arms ammunition over the next two years.
Radway Green’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility will produce 5.56mm and 7.62mm cartridges, as announced after signing a £410 million order in September to supply critical battlefield ammunition to the Ministry of Defence. It exercised an option to increase the £280 million delivery order announced in July.
Glynn Plant, Managing Director of Munitions at BAE Systems, expressed pride in supporting the UK MoD as a strategic munitions supply partner.
“The significant orders we have secured throughout the year has seen our teams increasing production rates, investing in people and new facilities and maximising shift patterns to meet this enhanced demand.”
Grant Shapps, UK Secretary of State for Defence, highlighted the importance of equipping the country to meet the threats of the future.
Through contracts like these, with the best of some of our homegrown industry, we are continuing to ensure that we replenish and equip our forces, supporting jobs right across the UK.
More than 200 new jobs in the North of England and South Wales will be created due to the new orders, adding to the company’s 1,200-strong ammunition manufacturing workforce in the UK.
