Based in France and the United Kingdom, Roxel designs, develops, manufactures and sells solid propulsion systems and related equipment for all types of rockets and tactical and cruise missiles for air, sea and ground forces. Roxel has proven capabilities in the chemistry of energetic materials, interior ballistics and mechanical fields, offering its customers bespoke solutions for all elements of propulsion systems structures, thermal protection, energetic and inert materials.
Roxel can meet the most complex requirements in terms of performance, quality and safety. Roxel is the world leader in insensitive munitions IM technology for minimum smoke rocket motors. Moreover, Roxel designs and supplies pyromechanisms, gas generators and a standardised family of motors for the decoy system, target and drone market. In , Roxel seized the opportunity to apply its know-how in flow forming to produce thrust link tubes for the Airbus A programme.
This experience encouraged Roxel to continue exploring new applications for some of its technologies, such as composite materials, which can also meet the requirements of the civil aviation industry. In May , Protac joined Roxel, as a leading French designer and manufacturer of rocket and missile motors.
Protac was formed in from the merging of the propulsion activities of Thomson Brandt Armements and Bayern-Chemie. Through its origins, Roxel has a long tradition in the field of solid propulsion. Managing Director Roxel Summerfield. It includes products such as air-to-ground artillery rockets, tactical missiles and cruise missiles.
Besides design and development, Roxel can manage the entire production of a rocket motor from structures, energetic or inert material to the assembly of those elements. Roxel possesses the capability to perform the operations needed to prepare structures sanding, cleaning, washing, etc. At final assembly stage, Roxel ensures different operations such as welding, painting, etc. At each step of the production process, Roxel performs on-site quality controls, including tests on specific benches.
