Direct Strike Penetrator Systems
Abstract
The Direct Strike Penetrator Systems program develops and modifies advanced precision guided penetrator munitions to include development/integration of advanced positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities (i.e., GPS, non-GPS, optical, passive, active, etc.) that will provide the Air Force with improved ability to attack Hard and Deeply Buried Targets (HDBT), such as bunker and tunnel facilities, using air-to-surface conventional munitions. Systems developed will hold additional HDBTs at risk, reduce the number of weapons to hold HDBTs at risk, resulting in more targets engaged per mission flown. Direct Strike Penetrators will provide critical global strike capability not met by inventory conventional weapons and will hold at risk the best defended/ protected high value assets essential to an enemy's war fighting ability. A Hard Target Munitions (HTM) Analysis-of-Alternatives (AoA) was conducted to determine the best weapons and/or development efforts for addressing the HDBT mission area. The HTM AoA determined it was necessary to develop a family of HTMs in order to apply effects to the entire range of HDBTs set. The Air Force is using the AoA to develop, produce and modify HDBT weapons identified as the most effective and affordable. Modeling and simulation is used to assess and characterize current inventory, drive design and explore the utility of new classes of penetrator munitions. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver MOP, A2K, A5K, and M-Code weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605826F, 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605830F, 0605831F, 0605832F, and 0605898F. This program is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P) because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes, and prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 645341_0604327F_4_3600_PB_2019
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