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| image = Austen-Armstrong-Industries.png
 
| founded = [[3044]]<ref name=H:HMp127>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 127: "Austen-Armstrong Industries (AARMS)"</ref>
 
| dissolved =
 
| affiliation = [[Free Worlds League]]
 
| previous_names =
 
| headquarters = Villafranca ([[Bainsville III]])<ref name=H:HMp127/>
 
| leadership = [[CEO of Austen-Armstrong Industries|CEO]]
 
| products = Weapons and weapons systems
 
| parent =
 
| divisions =
 
| plants = Karun ([[Abadan V]])<ref name=H:HMp127/>
 
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'''Austen-Armstrong Industries''' ('''AARMS''') was a weapons manufacturer, comprised of two smaller companies that merged in [[3044]].<ref name=H:HMp127/>
 
  
==Overview==
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'''Austen-Armstrong Industries''' ('''AARMS''') is a weapons manufacturer comprised of two smaller companies that merged in [[3044]].
AARMS was the result of the merger in 3044 of [[Austen Vale Ordnance]] (located in the city of Karun on [[Abadan]]) and [[Armstrong Industries]] (located in the city of Villafranca on [[Bainsville]]). Independently they were collectively two of the most preeminent manufacturers of ballistic, missile-based, and energy-based long arms in the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name=H:HMp127/>
 
  
After the merger, the two companies used their expertise to work out the bugs in each other's designs. The A<sup>2</sup> models of their weapons were the mainstays of the modern [[Free Worlds League Military]]. AARMS and [[League Central Coordination & Command]] had worked together closely to develop several new support weapons and rifles.
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==History==
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This company was the result of the merger in [[3044]] of [[Austen Vale Ordnance]] (located in the city of Karun on [[Abadan]]) and  [[Armstrong Industries]] (located in the city of Villafranca on [[Bainsville]]). Independently they were collectively two of the most preeminent manufacturers of [[:Category:Slug Throwers (Long Arms)|Ballistic Long Arms]], [[:Category:GyroJet Rifles (Long Arms)|Missile Based Long Arms]], and [[:Category:Energy Weapons (Long Arms)|Energy Based Long Arms]] in the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref>Handbook: House Marik, p. 127</ref>
  
The company was specialized in building [[:Category:Infantry Weapons|small arms]] and ammo.<ref name="DotJp81">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 81: "Profits Up"</ref>
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After the merger, the two companies used their expertise to work out the bugs in each others designs, the A<sup>2</sup> models of the weapons are the mainstays of the modern [[Free Worlds League Military]]. AARMS and [[League Central Coordination & Command|LCCC]] have recently worked together closely to develop several new [[:Category:Support Weapons|Support Weapons]] and [[:Category:Rifles|Rifles]].  Austen-Armstrong Industries is looking at breaking into the [[:Category:Infantry Weapons|Small Arms]] market in the future.
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The company is specialized in building small arms and ammo.<ref name="DotJp81">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 81, "“PROFITS UP”"</ref>
  
 
==Manufacturing==
 
==Manufacturing==
Austen-Armstrong Industries had manufacturing centers on the following planets:
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Austen-Armstrong Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
  
 
===Abadan===
 
===Abadan===
Weapons were planned to be produced on Abadan in the Austen Vale Ordnance plant located in the city of Karun. The [[Word of Blake]] had promised funding to the company for a small arms plant to come online in [[3083]], but the actions of [[Operation SCOUR]] resulted in these plans coming to naught.<ref>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 6</ref>
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Weapons were planned to be produced on [[Abadan]] in the Austen Vale Ordnance plant located in the city of Karun. The [[Word of Blake]] had promised funding to the company for a small arms plant to come online in [[3083]], but the actions of [[Operation SCOUR]] resulted in these plans coming to naught.<ref>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 6</ref>
  
 
===Bainsville===
 
===Bainsville===
Weapons produced in the Armstrong Industries plant located in the city of Villafranca on Bainsville.
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Weapons produced in the [[Armstrong Industries]] plant located in the City of Villafranca on [[Bainsville]].
  
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Objectives: Free Worlds League]]''
 
* ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
 
* ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
* ''[[Objectives: Free Worlds League]]''
 
  
[[Category:Free Worlds League Corporations]]
 
 
[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Austen-Armstrong Industries]]
 
[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Austen-Armstrong Industries]]
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[[Category:Free Worlds League Companies]]

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