Artillery Munitions - EMD

Abstract

Excalibur provides improved fire support through a Precision Guided Extended Range family of munitions with greatly increased accuracy and significantly reduces collateral damage in most urban environments. The Excalibur is interoperable with the M777A2 Lightweight 155mm howitzer (LW155), and the M109A6 (Paladin) howitzer. Excalibur will provide a 33% range increase over current Rocket Assisted Projectiles, with a 10 meter accuracy (Circular Error Probable) at all ranges. Excalibur is an international program, teamed with the Kingdom of Sweden (KoS), who contributes resources towards the development in accordance with an established Project Agreement. The Excalibur program is using an incremental development approach to provide a combat capability to the Soldier as quickly as possible, and to deliver advanced capabilities at lower costs as technology matures. Increment Ia-1 has been fielded to units in Iraq and Afghanistan in response to urgent need requests in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (as of September 2010 re-named to Operation New Dawn) and Operation Enduring Freedom. Production deliveries continue to support the Warfighters. Increment Ia-2 will be delivered in FY11 and will greatly increase range to LW155 and Paladin. Increment Ib will provide further performance improvements while significantly lowering unit costs.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0604814A_5_2040_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Ammunition
  • Army Procurement
  • Artillery
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Howitzers
  • Military Requirements
  • Munitions
  • Precision
  • Procurement
  • Projectiles
  • Rocket Assisted Projectiles
  • Tactical Data Systems
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.

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