Francesca Washtell: Chemring Flair Reaps Its Reward As Profit Rockets [Daily Mail, London] Dec. 16—EXPLOSIVE growth fuelled a surge in military flare-maker Chemring’s shares. Boss Michael Ord’s strategy to steer the company towards high-tech work paid off handsomely last year. Profits and turnover soared on the back of higher sales in its cyber security business, new contract wins and work on space projects, which included a role in the Space X NasaCrew Dragon mission to the International Space Station. It also benefited from sites near Salisbury, Wiltshire, and in Australia being up and running for the whole financial year to October 31. Defence firms in general have fared better than those in other industries because they kept operating during lockdowns.