CTA International is an equal-shares

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company between defence companies

Nexter Nexter Systems (formerly known as GIAT Industries or ''Groupement des Industries de l'Armée de Terre'', Army Industries Group) is a French government-owned weapons manufacturer, based in Roanne, Loire. Group organization The Nexter group is ...

and BAE Systems. CTAI is based in Bourges,

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, and has been established to develop and manufacture case telescoped weapons and

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. The company name is an acronym for Case Telescoped Ammunition. Its main product is a 40mm cannon for light armoured vehicles.

Timeline

* 1994 - CTAI was created by (at that time) GIAT and Royal Ordnance, with initial activities around a 45mm solution * 1997 - the 40mm calibre solution is selected * 1999 - The UK MoD Operational Analysis (OA) study output is shared with US DoD; the solution is integrated into Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the US-UK Tracer prototype vehicle * 2002 - Further UK MoD & DGA OA studies; risk reduction contract awarded * 2004 - UK MoD & DGA contract to integrate 40CT into the ''MTIP'' and unmanned ''Toutatis'' turrets * March 2008 - UK MoD select CT40 as a mandated item for Warrior IFV and FRES-Scout (now Ajax) programmes * April 2017: France orders the first tranche of the EBRC Jaguar * 26th November 2021 : British MoD receives the 515 and last 40CT cannon ordered.

CTAS40 cannon

The Case Telescoped Armament System (CTAS40) autocannon is designed to fire 40mm telescoped ammunition. This format provides significant benefit within vehicles in the space envelope required for the gun and the ammunition storage. However, the selection of the unfielded new design for major programmes has been controversial. The CT40 40mm cannon has been ordered by the French Army for use on its future armoured reconnaissance vehicle EBRC Jaguar. It has also been mandated for the UK Ajax (formerly FRES SV) and Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP) programmes. In February 2010 CTAI signed a £11m contract with the French and British defence ministries to qualify the CTWS, including environmental testing and the firing of 15,000 rounds. The company has confirmed that the ammunition for the British weapons will be assembled at BAE Systems'

ROF Glascoed ROF Glascoed (today BAE Systems Munitions Glascoed) was initially a UK government-owned, Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF). It was designed as one of 20 munitions filling factories. It was planned as a ''permanent'' ROF with the intention that, unli ...

facility.

Nexter/Thales RAPIDfire

This is a naval variant of the CTAS gun also 40mm, it can fire the A3B rounds and will be fitted on the

Bâtiment ravitailleur de forces The bâtiments ravitailleurs de forces, or BRF, are a class of future fleet tankers that are to replace the units in French Navy service. Until January 2019, the programme was known as ''Flotte logistique'' (abbreviated FLOTLOG in military parla ...

for the French Navy

Ammunition

The CTAS40's proprietary 40mm telescoped ammunition is manufactured for various applications, including anti-infantry and anti-materiel. The variants differ in weight, effective range, and payload depending on the intended target.

Users

* : EBRC Jaguar * : Ajax,

Warrior A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste. History Warriors seem to have be ...

* : EBRC Jaguar

References

External links

"CTAi web site" - CTA International
{{BAE Systems BAE Systems joint ventures Nexter Systems Defence companies of France 40 mm artillery Companies based in Centre-Val de Loire