The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute® (SAAMI®) will present its 2026 Ballistics Conference September 15–17 in Baltimore.
The event will include a two-day technical seminar and training course plus a range day for product demonstrations and a facility tour of the testing laboratories at U.S. Element Space & Defense.
This will be the sixth biennial SAAMI Ballistics Conference. The conference is designed to serve as a training workshop and discussion forum addressing a range of topics relevant to small arms ammunition design, ballistic laboratory/test facility operations, methods and related equipment and materials.
The conference will be of special interest to small arms ballistic laboratory technicians, ammunition and firearm designers and test engineers, test facility managers and civilians, law enforcement and military who utilize the SAAMI standards in the manufacture or qualification of ammunition and firearms.
The SAAMI Ballistics Conference will run September 15–16 at the Royal Sonesta Harbor Court located in Baltimore’s scenic inner harbor. An optional site visit is scheduled for September 17 at a local range to demonstrate ballistic test equipment, followed by a visit to the testing laboratories of U.S. Element Space & Defense in Belcamp, Maryland.
The conference is still being planned, but topics will include:
· PCB Ballistic Pressure Sensor User’s Training and Practical Workshop.
· Propellants — the science, selection and use considerations.
· Legal considerations of test recordkeeping.
SAAMI strives to keep its ballistics conferences pertinent to the sporting arms and ammunition and firearm manufacturing community. If there are specific topics you would like to see covered at this conference, or if you are interested in presenting, please include that information with your RSVP or to provide those ideas directly to Alan Serven, Senior Director of Technical Affairs, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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About SAAMI
The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, founded in 1926 at the request of the federal government, is dedicated to creating and promulgating technical, performance and safety standards for firearms, ammunition, suppressors, and components, and is committed to being the preeminent global resource for the safe and responsible design, manufacture, transportation, storage and use of these products.
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