Tank and Medium Caliber Ammunition

Abstract

The Direct Fire Advanced Technology (DFAT) Program Element (PE) encompasses a comprehensive program to develop, rapidly transition to production, and field advanced tank, medium and small caliber munitions. These programs will ensure continued battlefield overmatch and lethality of U.S. maneuver forces despite worldwide development and proliferation of enhanced armored vehicle protection technologies. To achieve this, DFAT will identify and develop promising technologies through competitive development and streamlined acquisition procedures. All ammunition development funds within this PE are managed to facilitate transitions between phases, avoid administrative delays, and focus resources on the most promising areas. The M829E4 cartridge is an unguided, direct fire, platform-delivered Line of Sight (LOS) munition that will provide fast response lethality to rapidly destroy threat targets with Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) and Active Protection Systems (APS) in the close fight from 0-2km (T) and to 0-4km (O). The M829E4 will be compatible with the 120mm Current Force Abrams Main Battle Tank. FY 2011 M829E4 AKE Cartridge funding supports the completion of Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase I and Phase II initiation of the M829E4. FY 2012 funding supports design finalization, design verification, testing and fabrication of Design, Test and Evaluation hardware and beginning of testing. FY 2013 will feature building of test hardware for final qualification testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Source ID
0603639A_4_2040_PB_2013
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Ammunition
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Developmental Tests
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Munitions
  • Performance Tests
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Fixtures

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Software Engineering
  • ballistics.

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