EXPAL showcases its capabilities at Future Indirect Fires conference.

Bristol will host between 6th and 7th March, the Future Indirect Fires Conference that will focus on artillery, mortars and simulators. In this international forum, experts from the defence sector will analyse best practise for equipping, training, integrating and applying indirect fires in the future.

The EXPAL offer for this area includes high-performance artillery ammunition or the global "One-Stop Shop" solution for mortar systems, which includes the eSIMOX training simulator. (Credit EXPAL)

Based on the requirements of the Armed Forces, EXPAL has developed a complete range of solutions to meet the needs of the armies in this type of operations. This offer encompasses “high performances” 105mm and 155mm rounds, with precise electronic fuzes and propelling charges to extend the rangeup to 20km and 40km respectively with base bleed version, also including a completefamily of payloads, high explosives, VIS or IR illuminants, and RP multispectral smoke.EXPAL´s field artillery ammunition is in service in more than 25 armies and is compatible with NATO calibre howitzers.

Within the indirect fire support area, the company designsand manufactures ammunition fully compatible with the most important naval guns such as 40 mm and 76 mm in all its variants as well as the industry leading 5” / 127 mm gun mountings. EXPAL develops and manufactures its naval ammunition following the NATO and AQAP standards.

Besides the ammunition artillery, EXPAL provides a complete solution for mortar systems named One-Stop Shop. This proposal offers a unique and complete range of solutions to meet all mission needs in artillery and infantry support operations. This integrated solution includesmortar bombscovering 60, 81 and 120 mm calibers in all its versions: high explosive, smoke, illuminant and training ammunition; 60mm, 81mm, 120mm mortar systems; EIMOS, the 81mm/60mm mortar system integrated on a high mobility lightweight vehicle;TECHFIRE,the fire support information system for mortars and artillery guns; the mini-UAV SHEPHERD-MIL used for aerial reconnaissance and aimfor recognizance / surveillance tasks and as unmanned forward observer;electronic applications for equipment maintenance as eTRAIDS, as well as eSIMOX, the simulator that enhances the Mortar Unit operational readiness by training an entire mortar crew both individually and as an entire unit.

The solution One-Stop Sho palso offers a single contact point to ensure the integration, maintenance, logistics and customer support, as well as demilitarization for sustainable ammunition disposal at the end of its life-cycle.EXPAL manages the entire life-cycle of ammunition and explosives, from design, development, manufacture and maintenance, until its destruction at the end of its life-cycle.

EXPAL Systems develops, produces and integrates a wide portfolio of products and services for the defence and security industries. Its clients are Ministries of Defence and armed forces from around the globe, international organisms and other leading defence companies. Currently, EXPAL’s products and services are employed by over 60 countries.