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The latest newsletter may be found at the link below.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Marc Giraud

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Wednesday, August 06, 2025

35th International Symposium on Ballistics

The IBS is pleased to announce the 35th ISB will be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa, during 25-30 October 2026. Set those dates in your diaries now! Please note that these dates have been changed from 18-23 October for operational reasons.

The symposium chair will be Thanyani Pandelani with co-chair Tleyane Sono.
Congratulations to them and to the South African Ballistics Organisation (SABO) which submitted an excellent proposal.

Further details on the symposium are available at the link below, including important dates and how to submit an abstract.

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Thursday, December 26, 2024

New President, Board Election Result & Paper Awards given at 34th ISB

The IBS is pleased to announce that Markus Graswald was elected as the President of the IBS.
Frederik Coghe continues as the Secretary of the IBS and Clive Woodley continues as Treasurer.

The IBS is also pleased to announce the results of the Board Election. In alphabetical order, the following were elected or re-elected to the Board: Don Carlucci, Sidney Chocron, Markus Graswald and Thelma Manning. They will all serve up to 3 terms.
Thanks to everybody who voted and sympathies with the unsuccessful candidates.

Sidney Chocron and Clive Woodley were promoted to Ballistic Science Fellow.

For the paper and poster award winners at the 34th ISB then please select the appropriate award under the Awards category above.
See the link below for some photos taken at the 34th ISB.

The 35th ISB will be taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, during 25-30 October, 2026.

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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Addison Tate

The Society has been saddened to learn of the death of Addison Tate in January 2022.

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Thursday, February 23, 2023