What is Weapons Engineering?

Weapons Engineering is a very less talked about topic.

The reason why this is so, is because Weapons Engineering is not related to a specific branch of engineering. It is not a separate field of study. Rather, it is a collection of more than two engineering branches.

Weapons engineering is a field relating to the design, development, testing and life cycle management of military weapon systems.

To work into weapons engineering one has to have knowledge about either or some of the following fields:

1. Mechanical engineering
2. Electrical engineering
3. Mechatronics
4. Electro-optics
5. Materials engineering
6. Chemical engineering

Some people associate engineers in this field to the work of repair, maintenance and operation of the weapon systems.

This field is growing rapidly and there is a demand of experts in the different engineering branches mentioned above.