Chemring Group plc is a global business providing a range of advanced technology products and services to the aerospace, defence and security markets.

In 1982, Chemring drastically increased its production of decoys to supply British forces engaged in the Falklands War.

The company again rapidly increased its rate of production of countermeasures to supply coalition forces in the Gulf War of 1991.

[4] The UK's Meteorological Office opted to procure these filaments, along with lightweight radar reflectors; they facilitated the accurate measurement of wind speed when attached to specially calibrated balloons.

[4] As a consequence of the Falklands War of 1982, Chemring established a new factory to produce aluminium glass chaff decoys; these were deployed across the vessels of the Royal Navy to counteract the threat of sea-skimming missiles.

[4] The Gulf War of 1991, motived Chemring to rapidly increase its production of countermeasures; these were supplied in quantity to the US-led coalition forces.

[4] In 1993, Chemring established a presence in the United States with its first US acquisition, Alloy Surfaces Company Inc, which produced tailor-made decoys incorporating special materials.

[12] In 2009, Chemring acquired Hi-Shear Technology Corporation, a US leading manufacturer of high reliability energetic solutions that perform critical functions in key US space and defence programmes.

In 2016, Chemring acquired the key assets and technology of Wallop Defence Systems, a British subsidiary of Esterline, strengthening its air countermeasures portfolio.

[28] In June 2019, following the use of CS Gas and other crowd-control measures by authorities against demonstrators in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the UK Government ordered an immediate end to such sales to the region.