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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 18-23 October, 2026.

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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 18-23 October 2026. Set those dates in your diaries now! 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.





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34th International Symposium on Ballistics (ISB).

The printed proceedings will be available to purchase from the link below.
34th_ISB_proceedings.

Papers from the 33rd ISB will be added to the Online Store after the 34th ISB is ended.
Please contact Clive Woodley, membership@ballistics.org, if you have any questions.
 

35th ISB - Special Issue of Defence Technology (DT) (Impact Factor: 5.9)

Defence Technology is pleased to announce that the journal is now accepting papers that should be presented at the 35th International Symposium on Ballistics (ISB) in October 2026. Submissions should be made at the link below. Please note that you must also submit an abstract for the symposium.

DT papers for 35th ISB

Papers submitted will be subjected to rigorous peer review and only papers of the highest quality will be accepted for publication in DT.

The link for papers published in the virtual special issue for the 34th ISB is below

VSI

Any questions should be directed to Clive Woodley, membership@ballistics.org.

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