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Kilgore Flares Company is a U.S. expendable-countermeasures manufacturer in Toone, Tennessee, operating within Chemring Countermeasures USA. Public Chemring material identifies Kilgore as a producer of infrared air countermeasures, while U.S. defense contract notices connect the Toone plant to aircraft flare lines including M206, MJU-7A/B, MJU-61A/B, and MJU-75/B.
2 weaponsKilgore's public role is concentrated in aircraft survivability stores: pyrotechnic and infrared decoy flares that are loaded into military aircraft dispensing systems to draw missile seekers away from the platform. Chemring's current business page lists Kilgore Flares Company at 155 Kilgore Drive in Toone and describes Chemring Countermeasures USA as a manufacturer of expendable infrared air countermeasures, naval countermeasures, advanced infrared decoys, Special Material decoys, and marine location markers.
Chemring acquired the then Alliant Kilgore Flares Company in 2001, describing the Toone business as the largest supplier of conventional infrared decoys to the U.S. Department of Defense and a complement to Alloy Surfaces, Chemring's other U.S. countermeasures subsidiary. Tennessee economic-development officials later described Kilgore as a Chemring Countermeasures USA manufacturing company producing defense countermeasures for the U.S. military, and announced a $40 million modernization project intended to triple production capacity in Hardeman County.
Kilgore is most directly tied to U.S. aircraft countermeasure flares rather than complete weapon platforms. Existing connected records cover the M-206 infrared decoy flare and the MJU-7/10 flare family; DoD and Chemring sources also show the plant's broader conventional-flare workload through MJU-61A/B and MJU-75/B contract awards.
U.S. Army and Air Force sources identify M206-family flares in aircraft countermeasure procurement and replenishment contexts, and a 2021 DoD contract notice specifically awarded Kilgore work for M206 and MJU-7A/B flares.
Sources: DoD February 2021 Kilgore M206 and MJU-7A/B contract, FY2016 Air Force Flares Budget
Chemring and DoD sources connect Kilgore's conventional infrared flare work to MJU-7A/B and related MJU-family flare production for aircraft countermeasure dispensers.
Sources: KC-002 Infrared Countermeasure | Chemring, DoD February 2021 Kilgore M206 and MJU-7A/B contractCompany background material traces Kilgore Flares to a 1920 founding in Westerville, Ohio, before its later move into Tennessee pyrotechnic and countermeasure manufacturing.
Sources: Kilgore Flares Company LLC overview
Tennessee officials state that Kilgore had operated in Hardeman County since 1960; the Toone site remains the public address listed for Kilgore by Chemring.
Sources: Tennessee Kilgore expansion announcement, Chemring Countermeasures USA
Chemring announced a binding agreement to acquire Alliant Kilgore Flares Company, describing the Toone business as the largest conventional infrared-decoy supplier to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Sources: Chemring Kilgore acquisition announcement
Tennessee and Chemring announced a modernization program for Kilgore's Toone operations, including new equipment, renovated buildings, a new flare extruder and assembly facility, and an expected tripling of production capacity.
Sources: Tennessee Kilgore expansion announcement
The U.S. Department of Defense announced a $250 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to Kilgore Flares for MJU-75/B countermeasure flares, with work in Toone expected through March 2027.
Sources: DoD March 2021 Kilgore MJU-75/B contract
Kilgore's current public identity is tied closely to Chemring Countermeasures USA. Older Kilgore-specific web domains and brochures are useful for product and address context, while current organizational and contact details should be checked against Chemring's active business page.
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