Weapons and Munitions Product Improvement Programs
Abstract
Project CP2 Precision Fire Technology Improvements supports required Precision Munitions and Fuze assessment and improvement initiatives to support increased rates of fire for items that have been fielded or in full rate production, such as the M1155 Enhanced Portable Inductive Artillery Fuze Setter (EPIAFS), Excalibur and Precision Guidance Kit (PGK). Efforts will identify, characterize, study, analyze, test and develop Precision Munition and Fuze technologies to increase range, lethality, effectiveness, survivability and accuracy. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 funding will support preliminary fuze setter trade studies and improvement activities on setter technologies to inform requirements and the setter modernization roadmap. FY 2022 funding will also support the Excalibur high pressure setback testing and safety margin improvement initiatives that will ensure survivability and reliability with the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) system in support of the Army's modernization priorities. Project ER2 Close Combat Technology project includes development efforts to upgrade Close Combat technologies, energetics, and munitions, such as counter explosives, grenades, demolitions, shoulder launched munitions, pyrotechnic simulators, countermeasure flares, non-lethal ammunition/systems, networked munitions and mines, that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production. This program will identify, characterize, study, analyze, test and develop technologies to resolve close combat munition reliability, safety, environmental, storage, standardization, obsolescence and manufacturing/producibility issues. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 funds will resource improvements to the following grenade efforts: M67 (G881) Insensitive Munition (IM) Replacement, and M98/M99 Non-Lethal 66mm Grenades, and Volcano Countermeasure Testing Project ER5 Indirect Fire and Fuze Technology Project includes product improvement development efforts to upgrade indirect fire weapon systems and munitions that have already been fielded and/or are in production. Efforts include improved target engagement, increased reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety, standardization and interoperability with weapons and munitions of Allied Nations, defense exportability features, reduction of failure mechanisms, and supply chain risk by introducing new and alternative technology and materiel solutions, improvement of manufacturing methods and their associated production processes, new capabilities in response to the evolving and emerging threats and countermeasures, and reduction/elimination of potential environmental and health risks associated with these products. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 funding will complete a long range precision fires artillery fuze compatibility study to determine compatibility with production fuzes; conduct analysis on mortar training fuzes for ballistic flight performance improvements; conduct analysis on production fuze TDPs to preclude potential single point and critical suppliers issues; investigate improved proximity fuze radar transceivers for proximity mortar fuzes to increase performance and survivability; integrate extended range precision artillery fuzing power sources prototypes to support extended flight durations; and implement hand grenade safety improvements integrating electronic and energetic technologies that will also improve insensitive munition capability. FY 2022 funding will also support the continued studies and analysis (Key Parameter Development and Management (KPDM) and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)) efforts supporting indirect fire artillery ammunition and mortar ammunition developmental product improvement initiatives to increase range, lethality, effectiveness, survivability and accuracy . Project ER6 Direct Fire Technology funding will be used to support direct fire ammunition from small caliber ammunition, 40 millimeter (mm) grenade, medium caliber cannon ammunition and large caliber ammunition enhancements to lethality, effectiveness, survivability, accuracy and general product improvements. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 funds support lethality and safety improvements to 40mm ammunition, making a number of improvements to training ammunition, performing improvements to small caliber primers to make the primers more environmentally friendly, optimize handgun ammunition, explore precision sniper improvements and continuing the effort to reduce Soldier load by developing lightweight small caliber ammunition. FY 2022 also includes examination and implementation of improvements to 105mm and 120mm tank ammunition.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 0607131A_7_2040_PB_2022
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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