POF signs MoU with Roxel

Friday, 11 September, 2009

On Tuesday, Pakistan Ordnance Factories, the country’s leading defence establishment, signed a memorandum of understanding with Roxel Group for the upgrade of the 122mm MBRL, to double its range from 20km to 40km.

Signing the document on the POF Stand 512 were Lt Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar, chairman of POF, and David Quancard, chief executive of Roxel Group. The signing was witnessed by Pakistan’s Minister of Defence.

POF produces a broad range of conventional arms and ammunition, and has successfully met the requirements of the Pakistan armed forces. Anglo-French Roxel Group (Stand 2163) is a leader in the design, development and production of rocket motors, propulsion units, pyromechanisms and gas generators.