Award of Contract for Shipborne Countermeasures

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 June 2004

                              CHEMRING GROUP PLC                               

                AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR SHIPBORNE COUNTERMEASURES                

Chemring Group PLC ('Chemring') is pleased to announce that its UK
countermeasures business, Chemring Countermeasures, ('CCM'), has been awarded a
£12 million contract by the UK Ministry of Defence for the design and supply of
an improved shipborne countermeasure for deployment in Royal Navy frigates,
destroyers and larger ships. Following an initial design certification phase,
deliveries under the contract are anticipated to commence in 2008.

David Evans, Chief Executive of Chemring, commented: 'This contract, which is
the culmination of both trials and design activity over a number of years, is
the largest shipborne countermeasures contract ever placed with CCM. The new
round will break new ground by being the first application of fully insensitive
munition (IM) technology in the countermeasures field of ship defence, and we
anticipate that it will attract considerable interest from overseas navies.'

Chemring is an international leader in defensive countermeasures, signalling
and training pyrotechnics and marine safety products. Chemring's
countermeasures division comprises Alloy Surfaces Company, Inc. and Kilgore
Flares Company LLC in the US, and Chemring Countermeasures in the UK.

For further information:

David Evans Chief Executive, Chemring Group PLC 01489 881880

Jonathan Rooper CardewChancery 0207 930 0777