Missile/Air Defense Product Improvement Program
Abstract
The Avenger Air Defense System is a lightweight, ground-to-air missile and gun weapon system mounted on a High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle. The Avenger's mission is to protect fixed critical assets and Corps/Echelons above Corps Maneuver forces from Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Cruise Missiles (CM), and Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing aircraft. Avenger provides day/night adverse weather operations, shoot on the move capability, rapid target engagement, and remote firing capability. The Avenger Modification - Service Life Extension Program (MOD - SLEP) consists of Project 038: Avenger Production Improvement Program (PIP) and Program Element CE8710: Avenger MODS. Avenger MOD-SLEP ensures that Avenger is viable and sustainable through the end of program life. Avenger MOD-SLEP maintains operational capability of Avenger until replaced by the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2- Intercept (IFPC Inc 2-I) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 31 timeframe. The Stinger Block I missile is an advanced, fire-and-forget, short-range, man-portable, air defense weapon system. Stinger's mission is to provide the force with low- altitude air defense against fixed and rotary wing aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and cruise missiles (CM). Stinger is deployable from the shoulder or from a variety of platforms that includes vehicles, helicopters and UAS. The missile is delivered as a certified round and requires no field testing or maintenance. Funding provided for the Stinger Product Improvement completes design, development, test and integration of the Proximity Fuze (PROX) and addresses obsolescence. This will make PROX available for incorporation into the existing Stinger Block I missile. The PROX will improve effectiveness by eliminating the need for a hit-to-kill against UAS threats. UAS defense is a requirement of the Operational Requirements Document (ORD) for the Stinger Guided Missile System and validated by the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, Current and Future Warfighting Capabilities Division (DAMO-CIC) in a memo dated 28 May 2013. Also funded under DT5 (Stinger Product Improvement), the Maneuver - Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) demonstration in 4QFY17 assessed available industry solutions for mitigating the M-SHORAD gap in the near term. The intent is to inform requirements and identify what capability could be fielded by FY21 in order to help mitigate this critical air defense gap. This project moved to its own PE, 0604117A (Short Range air Defense(M-SHORAD)), Project FI4 (Maneuver - Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD)), starting in FY18.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 0203801A_7_2040_PB_2019
- Change Summary Explanation
- The $28.6M was part of the FY17 Request for Additional Appropriations but was not appropriated. The FY18 $6.55M is an administrative correction to balance the R-2 with the R-1. The $2.0M is an OCO increase to support Avenger MOD-SLEP.
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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