Force Ordnance

Address
11 Manton Street
Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone
+61 8 8440 0888

Website
www.forceordnance.com

Email
info@forceordnance.com

ABN
54 069 439 774

Company Description
As a part of Lightforce Group, Australian owned Force Ordnance continues over 40 years of excellence in precision manufacturing, engineering, and innovation resulting in high-precision, battle-proven small-arms solutions for all government agencies. Products include APRS, LMT and CADEX rifles, Nightforce Optics, Theon electro-optics, Horus reticles, body armour and infrared lighting. With full support through our products’ life cycle including test and development facilities at our testing and firing range complex.

Year Established: 1980
Parent Company: The Lightforce Australia Group of Companies
Number of Employees: 203
Area of Business: • Firearms
• Weapon Systems
• Multi-spectral systems
• Electro-Optical/Optical Systems
• Thermal Imaging
• Signature Management
• Systems Integration
Areas of R&D: • Weapon Design & Manufacture
• Ammunition Research
• Weapon Systems Integration
• Optical/Semi-Augmented Reality Interface
• Machine Learning
• Advanced Ballistics
• Ballistic Protection

This company offers the following services

• Firearms, Guns and Armaments

  
  Capability Contacts
  Paul Mason: Business Development (MIL-LE-GOV)
  Phone: +61 8 8440 0888
  Mobile: +61 477 500 835
  Email: Paul.mason@forceordnance.com
  
  Capability Description
  Australian made, international reach:
  Force Ordnance designs, manufactures, and integrates high-precision, battle-proven small–arms solutions for military, law enforcement and government agencies. Our offering is strengthened by strategic partnerships with world-class firearms manufacturers like Lewis Machine & Tool (LMT) and Cadex Defence. The performance of our products has been proven on our unrivalled Australian training facilities capable of firing our full range of products.

• Military and Law Enforcement Tools

  
  Capability Contacts
  Paul Mason: Business Development (MIL-LE-GOV)
  Phone: +61 8 8440 0888
  Mobile: +61 477 500 835
  Email: Paul.mason@forceordnance.com
  
  Capability Description
  Defence technology never stands still, and neither do we:
  Force Ordnance is at the forefront of advances in military engineering, manufacturing, and composite material development. Our global focus on research and innovation delivers cutting-edge technology, so that personnel in the field can be confident that the equipment in their hands will withstand the challenges of modern war-fighting – wherever they are, and whatever the conditions.

• Optical Sighting System

  
  Capability Contacts
  Paul Mason: Business Development (MIL-LE-GOV)
  Phone: +61 8 8440 0888
  Mobile: +61 477 500 835
  Email: Paul.mason@forceordnance.com
  
  Capability Description
  RUGGED. RELIABLE. REPEATABLE.
  MISSION AFTER MISSION. OPERATION AFTER OPERATION.
  Nightforce MIL-SPEC riflescopes are built and tested to standards beyond our commercial riflescopes to ensure ultimate reliability and performance in a combat environment, where failure is not an option. Each MIL-SPEC riflescope undergoes a battery of tests to validate compliance with MIL-STD 810G. Most testing is performed to validate performance in extreme temperature and pressure conditions used to simulate combat dive and combat jump operations.

• Special Forces Equipment

  
  Capability Contacts
  Paul Mason: Business Development (MIL-LE-GOV)
  Phone: +61 8 8440 0888
  Mobile: +61 477 500 835
  Email: Paul.mason@forceordnance.com
  
  Capability Description
  Operationally experienced and focused staff:
  Our highly experienced staff, with backgrounds in Special Operations, provide invaluable insight into the requirements of the most demanding and complex mission sets conducted by our end users. This ensures that our products not only meet but exceed the requirements of our customers no matter what their mission may be. Force Ordnance is committed to supporting the veteran community and identified early that veterans have an extensive range of skills, abilities and attributes that make them valuable employees. These skills include leadership, planning and project management, and resilience.

• Systems Integration

  
  Capability Contacts
  Paul Mason: Business Development (MIL-LE-GOV)
  Phone: +61 8 8440 0888
  Mobile: +61 477 500 835
  Email: Paul.mason@forceordnance.com
  
  Capability Description
  Combining excellence:
  As a part of Lightforce Group, Australian owned. Force Ordnance continues over 40 years of excellence in precision manufacturing, engineering, and innovation resulting in high-precision, battle-proven small-arms solutions for all government agencies. Products include APRS, LMT and CADEX rifles, Nightforce Optics, Theon electro-optics, Horus reticles, body armour and infrared lighting.
  This experience in manufacturing combined with our staff’s operational experience guarantees effective integration between world-class products, verified through extensive testing of capabilities at our real-world test and evaluation facility.
  

• Test and Evaluation

  
  Capability Contacts
  Paul Mason: Business Development (MIL-LE-GOV)
  Phone: +61 8 8440 0888
  Mobile: +61 477 500 835
  Email: Paul.mason@forceordnance.com
  
  Capability Description
  Full Support:
  Force Ordnance’s testing and evaluation processes are rigorous and exhaustive. All products undergo environmental testing in line with MIL-STD or NATO STANAG requirements. This ensures they are fit for purpose and reliable; first time. Every time.
  Our testing facility in New South Wales provides a field environment with live firing abilities unrivalled in Australia. This provides a unique opportunity for Force Ordnance, the Defence Industry, and end users to test, evaluate, integrate, and train in a demanding environment within Australia. This allows Force Ordnance to offer a truly sovereign capability through the full life cycle of our products.

• Weapon Systems

  
  Capability Contacts
  Paul Mason: Business Development (MIL-LE-GOV)
  Phone: +61 8 8440 0888
  Mobile: +61 477 500 835
  Email: Paul.mason@forceordnance.com
  
  Capability Description
  As a part of Lightforce Group, Australian owned Force Ordnance continues over 40 years of excellence in precision manufacturing, engineering, and innovation resulting in high-precision, battle-proven small-arms solutions for all government agencies. Products include APRS, LMT and CADEX rifles, Nightforce Optics, Theon electro-optics, Horus reticles, and Lightforce weapon lights.
  We are committed to delivering proven weapon systems beyond the capability of any existing system whilst maximising the Australian content and support of the system. This support ranges from design and development through to test, evaluation and basic to advanced user training.

• Weapons - Weapons and Ammunition

  
  Capability Contacts
  Paul Mason: Business Development (MIL-LE-GOV)
  Phone: +61 8 8440 0888
  Mobile: +61 477 500 835
  Email: Paul.mason@forceordnance.com
  
  Capability Description
  Capability overmatch:
  Force Ordnance is committed to delivering proven weapon systems beyond the capability of any existing system whilst maximising the Australian content and support of the system. This support ranges from design and development through to test, evaluation and basic to advanced user training.
  All weapon systems are designed and configured through extensive testing conducted across a range of current and emerging ammunition types to ensure maximum performance and compatibility through the life of the system.
  Our systems are designed to provide our customers an unfair advantage over their adversary when they need it.