Aviation Rocket System Product Improvement and Development

Abstract

The Aviation Rockets and Small Guided Munitions Product Improvement and Development line funds the development, integration and test of current and future munitions and launchers, and their interface to platforms. Additionally, it will fund a range of improvement initiatives to modernize the Hydra-70 2.75 inch rocket and launcher system. The current Hydra-70 2.75 inch rocket system requires performance improvements to comply with 1) US Code - Title 10, Chapter 141, Section 2389 "Ensuring Safety regarding Insensitive Munitions", 2) Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 5000.1, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Instruction 3170.01C, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD (AT&L)) Memorandum of January 26, 1999, "Exemption for Existing Inventory Items to Insensitive Munitions (IM) Requirements", 3) signed Initial Capability Document (ICD) for Army Aviation Weapons, Sub-Systems and Munitions (AAWSSM), 4) Air Launched Effects (ALE) Initial Capability Refinement Document (ICRD) dated 21 October 2019, 5) Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Abbreviated Capabilities Development Document (FARA A-CDD) dated 15 August 2022, and 6) existing/emerging Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) G-3/5/7 and U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) aviation weapon requirements for guided and unguided rocket and munition systems. Improvements to existing rocket systems and munitions will include design, qualification and integration of precision guidance capability, increased lethality, improved target suppression, increased standoff range, reduced minimum engagement range, improved pre-launch constraints and munitions communications/programmability, increased stowed kills, increased product reliability, improved hardness against unplanned stimuli, reduced Warfighter workload, and reduced environmental impact for both manned and unmanned applications. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 dollars in the amount of $3.014 million will be used for technical assessments, risk reduction efforts, technology maturation, demonstration, engineering design, engineering/manufacturing development, testing, integration, and document preparation to support current and future Army Aviation manned and unmanned platforms and munitions.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0607142A_7_2040_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: Decreased funding to support higher Army priorities.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Kinetic Weapons

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Launched
• Army Aviation
• Army Training
• Defense Industry
• Department Of Defense
• Doctrine
• Engineering
• Environment
• Insensitive Explosives
• Manufacturing
• Munitions
• Product Development
• Reconnaissance
• Reconnaissance Aircraft
• Weapon Systems
• Weapons

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

Technology Areas

• Autonomy