Delivery Systems aims to provide you with an understanding of the ways in which a lethality mechanism (warhead) may be delivered to a selected target.

At a glance

  • Dates
    • 08 - 12 Dec 2025
  • Duration5 days
  • LocationCranfield University at Shrivenham
  • Cost£2,250 Concessions available

Course structure

Standard classroom lectures and tutorials.

What you will learn

On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  • Establish the operational features and principles of a wide variety of ammunition, launch and carriage methods, underpinned by a detailed knowledge of the sub-systems and design methodologies,
  • Assess the external ballistics and flight dynamics associated with the various classes of munitions,
  • Review and conduct calculations related to the performance (i.e. range and velocity) of munition systems using informed aerodynamic, propulsion and mass data,
  • Evaluate the relevance and performance of sensor and guidance technologies.

Core content

  • Light and heavy guns, cannons and mortars and small arms; charge systems, external ballistics and relevant design features,
  • Torpedoes; underwater ballistics, underwater propulsion, guidance and control,
  • Detection: IR and optical sensing, radar systems,
  • Guided weapon design: Propulsion, aerodynamics, control, guidance.

Upgrade to a professional qualification

When taken as a Short Course for Credit, 10 credit points can be put towards the Explosives Ordnance Engineering MSc.

Find out more about short course credit points.

Who should attend

Students must have successfully completed both the Introduction to Explosives Engineering and Munitions and Target Response in order to take this as a Short Course for Credit .

There are no prerequisites if taken as a Standalone Short Course.



Concessions

A limited number of MOD sponsored places are available.

Location and travel

Cranfield Defence and Security (CDS) is a Cranfield School based at the Ministry of Defence establishment on the Oxfordshire/Wiltshire borders.

Shrivenham itself lies in the picturesque Vale of the White Horse, close to the M4 motorway which links London and South Wales. It is 7 miles from Swindon, the nearest town, which lies off the M4 at the hub of Britain’s motorway network.

Bath, Cheltenham, Bristol and Oxford are all within an hour’s drive and London less than two hours away by car.

All visitors must be pre-booked in at reception by the person they are visiting on the campus.

For further location and travel details

How to apply

Please complete the online application form.


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