Avon Protection receives European order for FM50 respirators
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The order, worth approximately $20.6 million, will be delivered over 2026 and 2027.
Avon Protection’s FM50 respirator and FM61EU filter, is designed to protect the wearer from CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) threats in line with latest NATO requirements.
Avon Protection was awarded the 10-year NSPA FM50 contract in 2020, enabling NATO nations and partners to purchase the FM50 respirator, MP-PAPR, ST53, filters and related accessories.
This order further underpins the Group’s expectations for 2026 and beyond, in line with the guidance provided at the full year results in November 2025.
Jos Sclater, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “The FM50 is the most operationally proven and widely deployed battlefield respirator in the world.
"We are pleased that a key European MoD has elected to continue protecting its personnel with this world-leading respirator, further demonstrating Avon Protection as the leader in warfighter protection in a structurally heightened global threat environment.”
Avon has been manufacturing in Melksham, Wiltshire for over 140 years. It began producing gas masks during the Second World War in small local workshops - a heritage that continues today through modern, high-tech production that supplies more than 16 NATO nations.
