Other Missile Product Improvement Programs

Abstract

ATACMS is the United States (U.S.) Army's primary all-weather, surface-to-surface long-range artillery precision guided missile used by Combatant Commanders to shape the battlefield with long-range fires against hard & soft targets in open, complex, and urban environments. DZ9: Cross Domain (CD) ATACMS is a new variant which integrates a seeker into the ATACMS to expand its capabilities to allow it to search, detect, acquire and engage moving maritime and land targets. This capability is being developed as a SCO demonstration project scheduled to complete in Quarter 2 FY 2021. FY 2021 - FY 2023 funding matures and transitions this capability to the Army to provide a limited deployment to a combatant command in support of the Land Based Anti-Ship Missile Operational Needs Statement (ONS 17-22222). Funding supports performance analysis, testing, and qualification of the CD ATACMS system design; integration with the command and control system; integration with the launcher; and system safety and supportability requirements necessary for a limited fielding. VT9: Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS) is a New Start Project. LMAMS is a single man-portable/operable, light-weight organic, beyond line-of-sight, precision guided, loitering aerial missile system capable of locating and engaging obscured and/or fleeing enemy targets that otherwise cannot be engaged by typical direct fire weapon systems. Funding supports engineering and integration of capability improvements identified by trained operators during an Assessment of Operational Utility (AOU) conducted in 2018. Once integrated into the current LMAMS, Production Verification Testing will be conducted to demonstrate successful incorporation of new technology. VV2: The TOW Weapon System includes the Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS) launcher, TOW missiles (BGM-71 series), and associated tactical training aids/devices. The TOW Weapon System provides long-range, lethal anti-armor and precision assault fires capability for Army Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCT), Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT) and Armor Brigade Combat Teams (ABCT) within the Active, Reserve, and National Guard components. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) employs the TOW missile from its ITAS derived M41A7 Saber launchers, anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) vehicles, and AH-1W Cobra helicopters. The TOW Weapon System improvement program is a New Start Project to integrate US Army missile and ITAS modifications into the TOW Weapon System to improve missile safety (Insensitive Munition upgrades), increase system survivability (counter active protection systems), and increase system network capabilities. These capability improvements support Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) and the Functional Concept for Movement and Maneuver by providing precise lethal capabilities in multiple domains against armored threat systems. FY 2021 Base dollars in the amount of $16.984 million will initiate systems engineering to integrate an improved Insensitive Munitions (IM) propulsion system, which will increase missile range, and add a Counter Active Protection System (CAPS) to the TOW missile to enhance missile safety and survivability. The effort will also initiate analysis of requirements for supporting test equipment, launcher, modeling and simulation hardware/software, and test planning for FY 2021.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0203802A_7_2040_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: $62.440 million of the $79.424 million base funding increase in FY 2021 due to initial funding for new start program ATACMS Mods (Program Element (PE) 0203802A Other Missile Product Improvement Programs Project DZ9 ATACMS Mods). $2.300 million Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding increase in FY 2021 due to initial funding for new start program LMAMS (PE 0203802A Other Missile Product Improvement Programs Project VT9 Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS)). $16.984 million base funding increase in FY 2021 due to initial funding for new start program TOW (PE 0203802A Other Missile Product Improvement Programs Project VV2 TOW).
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Anti-Ship Missiles
• Anti-Tank Missiles
• Command And Control
• Command And Control Systems
• Control Systems
• Guided Missiles
• Insensitive Explosives
• Multi-Domain Operations
• Product Development
• Short Range Ballistic Missiles
• Systems Engineering
• Tactical Training
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Equipment
• Unified Combatant Commands
• Warfare

Readers

• Military Science
• Missile Defense Systems.
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control