Jordan Ammunition Manufacturing and Services Company (JORAMMO), announces its awarding of a 43 Million USD contract by Jordan Armed Forces

24 February 2009
IDEX 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE: At a press conference during IDEX 2009, the Jordan Ammunition Manufacturing and Services Company (JORAMMO), announced the awarding of a 43 Million USD contract with the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF). A joint venture between the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau of Jordan (KADDB), MECAR SA of Belgium, and DMV Holdings, LLC of the US, JORAMMO is a Jordanian based manufacturer of Small and Large Caliber ammunitions.

Brig. Gen. Mohammad Farghal, Director of Strategic Planning at JAF issued a statement disclosing the contract entails JORAMMO to provide JAF with its requirements of 60mm and 120mm Mortar Ammunition, Small Calibre Ammunition and Hand Grenades. Brig. Gen. Farghal expressed his confidence in JORAMMO's technological capacity, managerial acumen and reliability to enhance Jordan's defence industrial base.

Dr. Moayad Samman, Chairman and CEO of KADDB, stated "While JAF will always remain KADDB's primary focus and customer, the Bureau is confident that JORAMMO is strategically poised to make this contract the first of many from markets other than Jordan for small, medium and large calibre ammunition."

JORAMMO's Managing Director, Brig. Gen. Bassam Issa, also in attendance, said "We are on schedule to commence production of JAF requirements by mid October of this year." Further adding "JAF requirements will be met in two phases: first, the production of Hand Grenades and Large Calibre Ammunition; followed by the Small Calibre Ammunition.

Brig. Gen Issa delineated the initial production line will include small calibre ammunition (5.56mm, 7.62mm and 9mm), large calibre ammunition (105mm MBT, 120mm MBT, 105mm Howitzer, 155mm Howitzer, 60mm Mortar, 120mm Mortar) and Hand Grenade with near-future plans for the addition of Rifle Grenades, smoothbore tank gun and eastern weapons ammunition. Adding that the production process will include: large calibre assembly, small calibre cartridge case manufacture, small calibre bullet manufacture, and small calibre assembly.

Established in early 2008, JORAMMO (initially announced as "JAMS") seeks to become one of the largest military and commercial ammunition manufacturers in the Middle East and Africa by designing, developing, manufacturing, marketing, supplying, and testing the company's small, medium, and large calibre ammunition.

JORAMMO production facility, currently under engineering, construction and development, is scheduled for full operations in 2010. It is situated in the KADDB Industrial Park, just 45 km Northeast of Amman. The Facility will occupy a total area of 244,000sqm with first stage buildings area of 4800sqm including an independent administration building.

The JORAMMO facility will be among the most advanced and best managed munitions production facilities worldwide. Production will be achieved by state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and technology, expert production and engineering practices, and supply chain management.

The manufacturing process will benefit from the presence of an advanced ballistics laboratory in which state-of-the-art precision instrumentation will test and monitor ammunition performance, including velocity, pressure, accuracy and impact.

The Facility will also engage in the improvement and development of ammunition for its client base through its Research & Development strategic expansion capabilities. With joint engineering and technical contributions from MECAR, JAF and associated organizations, JORAMMO will ensure meeting, and in many cases exceeding the technical requirements of JAF and other military forces, regionally and worldwide.