Chemring Plans Alloy Surfaces Exit As Decoy Demand Dampens

aircraft dropping decoy flares
Credit: U.S. Defense Department
Chemring plans to exit the Alloy Surfaces business it acquired in 1993 to gain a toehold in the U.S. market. Alloy Surfaces’ flares business boomed during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but activity has slowed down in Pentagon demand for special material pyrophoric airborne decoys. “Despite...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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