ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

Ordnance Development Division

The Ordnance Development Division specializes in research, testing, and training for mortar systems, fire control systems, and munitions.

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Training Sites

If you own large acreage, farm land, or an inactive mining site in Virginia, you can support critical defense operations right from your property. Let’s start a private conversation today to see if your land is a good fit for our next scheduled operation.

Mortar Gunnery Clinic

The Gunnery Clinic is a practical training program designed for mortar owners and crews participating in destructive device shoots, demonstrations, and live-fire events.

Basic Indirect Fire and Gunnery Course

This course is intended for lawful NFA and Destructive Device owners, collectors, historical firearms enthusiasts, and individuals seeking a structured introduction to mortar operations and indirect fire fundamentals. No prior mortar experience is required.

Integrated Indirect Fire Operations Course

Doctrine-based basic and advanced mortar gunnery, fire direction, and indirect fire coordination for defense-adjacent organizations, contractors, and security personnel.

Forward Observation Course

Learn how targets are identified, located, and adjusted onto from the observer’s perspective. This course teaches students how forward observers communicate with gun crews, build target locations, adjust impacts, and manage the flow of information that makes indirect fire possible.

Fire Direction Control Course

Fire Direction Control is where information becomes firing data. This course teaches students how to process fire missions, calculate firing solutions, manage gun lines, and coordinate indirect fire operations from the FDC perspective.

Range Safety Officer - Crew Served and Indirect Fire Systems

This course is designed for individuals responsible for planning, supervising, or supporting live-fire operations involving mortars, launchers, destructive devices, and other crew-served systems.

UXO Awareness for the First Responder

This awareness course is designed specifically for Fire & EMS, law enforcement, and other first responders who may encounter military ordnance, suspicious devices, commercial explosives, or improvised explosive hazards during routine calls.

Mortars and Crew Served Weapons Consulting

Consulting services for organizations seeking to establish, improve, or expand mortar and crew-served weapons programs. From range development and safety planning to training structure, operational procedures, and indirect fire program integration, ODD offers practical, experience-driven guidance built around real-world operational requirements rather than generic theory.

I3-FIRES Digital Fire Control System

I3-FIRES is a modern, intuitive fire control software designed for the needs of today’s mortarmen.

P12A1-Plotting Board

The P12A1 is a modern Indirect fire plotting board for mortar operations.