International Ballistics Society
34th International Symposium on Ballistics (ISB) - Registration now open
This symposium is co-chaired by Don Carlucci and Casey Uhlig and will take place at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, Florida, USA, during May 19-23, 2025. The deadline for submissions for the Jack Riegel Student Awards has been postponed to 22 December 2024. The IBS website is now open for the submission of abstracts in the following areas: Interior Ballistics, Exterior Ballistics, Launch Dynamics, Vulnerability & Survivability, Terminal Ballistics, Explosion Mechanics, Hypersonics, Applications of AI in Ballistics, Emerging Technologies & Drones. Further details on the symposium, including registration and hotel links, are at the link below.
Tutorials - why wait until the next symposium?
We currently offer two online courses on IB101 Introduction to Interior Ballistics (video) by Dr Sebastian Wurster from Fraunhofer ICT in Germany and EB101 Introduction to Exterior Ballistics (pdf presentation slides) by Pierre Wey from ISL in France. Interested? Just log in as a member and go to Online Learning.
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.
