Bombs & Fuzes
Abstract
The Bombs & Fuzes project improves conventional weapons/munitions (kinetic and non-kinetic), fuzes, and height-of-burst sensors (HOBS), and develops and integrates complementary position, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities (i.e. GPS, non-GPS, optical, passive, active, etc.). This project also provides an opportunity to quickly insert emerging technologies into existing and developing aircraft munitions and fuzes. Bombs & Fuzes provides research, development, and testing of conventional warheads, fuzing, HOBS modifications, and anti-personnel anti-materiel (APAM) weapons to improve lethality against area, mobile, hard and deeply buried, and fixed targets. This project provides for the development and testing necessary to provide a suitable manufacturing base of conventional warheads, fuzes, HOBS, and munitions materiel handling equipment (MMHE). - Munitions Materiel Handling Equipment (MMHE): MMHE is a continuing project to develop and improve the standardization and commonality of munitions handling and armament equipment to preclude duplication. Efforts are primarily the study, design, and development of MMHE and armament control systems; however, support may be provided to other functional areas as requested. Procurement will be performed and funded by the applicable weapons system project. - Medium Caliber Ammunition project assesses, refines, and develops medium caliber ammunition, to include, but not limited to, conducting 25mm (F-35) qualification testing, comparative testing, and mitigating ammunition inventory health issues. - Insensitive Munitions (IM) project supports AF IM strategic planning to achieve IM compliance IAW U.S. Code, Title 10, Subtitle A, Part N, Chapter 141, Section 2389, ensuring safety regarding insensitive munitions. Models and validates munition performance, integrates less sensitive explosive fills, addresses IM explosive fill deficiencies, and develops bomb case modifications to improve the response of conventional weapons to unplanned stimuli. This project explores and develops IM solutions. - Next Generation Area Attack Weapons (NGAAWs) are a family of unitary area attack weapon capabilities to meet the DoD policy regarding cluster munitions and unintended harm to civilians. They consist of BLU-134/B and BLU-136/B warheads with a height of burst sensor. BLU-134/B Improved Lethality Warhead (ILW), NGAAW Increment I, is a near-term solution for area attack as an anti-personnel anti-materiel (APAM) weapon that improves lethality using a 500 lb warhead design and any variants. The BLU-136/B NGAAW Increment II continues development to provide significantly increased capability and lethality against area targets as an APAM weapon. This effort is being executed using an accelerated acquisition strategy to study, design, develop, and test a 2,000 lb unitary warhead design and any variants based on target sets. - Cockpit-selectable Height-Of-Burst Sensor (C-HOBS): The C-HOBS sensor will be a replacement for the current DSU-33D/B proximity sensor. C-HOBS will replace the single factory height-of-burst setting with the addition of multiple height-of-burst options selectable via both manual switches and a cockpit interface. These selection options allow flexibility during flight to address a wide array of targets. The C-HOBS is intended to interface with and provide a cockpit-selectable proximity function to general and special purpose weapons. - Joint Air-to-Ground Missile for Fixed Wing Aircraft (JAGM-F) is an improvement to the Army-led JAGM which will allow the missile to be released from fixed wing aircraft in order to eliminate time sensitive moving targets and high value covered/sheltered targets. JAGM-F will be able to combat adverse weather/low visibility battlefield and countermeasure environments as well as austere communication environments. JAGM-F will have the ability to engage multiple target types near-simultaneously in multiple engagement modes. Efforts include but are not limited to testing, qualification, and design/build demo components to production standards. Intent is to investigate meeting all BRU-55, BRU-57, and BRU-61 environments. In FY2019, Joint Air-to-Ground Missile for Fixed Wing (JAGM-F) was a new start.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 653133_0604602F_5_3600_PB_2020
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- Root: Armament/Ordnance Development
- Child Accomplishment: Munitions Materiel Handling Equipment (MMHE)
- Child Accomplishment: Medium Caliber Ammunition
- Child Accomplishment: Insensitive Munitions (IM)
- Child Accomplishment: BLU-136/B Next Generation Area Attack Weapon Increment II
- Child Accomplishment: BLU-134/B Improved Lethality Warhead (ILW), Next Generation Area Attack Weapon Inc I
- Child Accomplishment: Cockpit-Selectable Height-Of-Burst Sensor (C-HOBS)
- Child Accomplishment: Joint Air-to-Ground Missile for Fixed Wing (JAGM-F)
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