Other Missile Product Improvement Programs

Abstract

The United States (U.S.) Army is funding the integration and testing of the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) Modification program under DZ9 ATACMS Project Code. This effort will not build any new missiles or add to the overall inventory. The modification program will take expired Block (Blk) 1 assets which have reached the end of their service life and reset their shelf life. Blk 1 missiles currently have warheads (WHs) that are non-compliant with the 2008 Department of Defense (DoD) policy on cluster munitions (CMs), as well as, expired electronics and rocket motors. Under this modification effort, a policy compliant WH will replace the existing M74 bomblets, and also replace electronics and propellant to achieve a reset on the shelf life. This effectively brings the expired inventory back into service, while meeting the DoD CM Policy, to engage imprecisely located targets up to 300 kilometers (km).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 0203802A_7_2040_PB_2014
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Cluster Munitions
• Cost Analysis
• Department Of Defense
• Electronics
• Inventory
• Military Research
• Munitions
• New Mexico
• Rocket Engines
• Rockets
• Shelf Life
• Short Range Ballistic Missiles
• Software Testing
• Test And Evaluation
• United States

Readers

• Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
• Missile Defense Systems.
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

Technology Areas

• Microelectronics