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 common weapon components, data links, position, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities (i.e. GPS, non-GPS, optical, passive, active, etc.) using modern acquisition best practices, to include digital acquisition practices (e.g. government-owned open system architectures, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and agile software development). It also provides for the development and testing necessary for a suitable manufacturing base of conventional warheads, fuzes, HOBS, and munitions materiel handling equipment (MMHE). Bombs & Fuzes also provides research, development, testing and guidance of conventional warheads, fuzing, HOBS modifications, and anti-personnel anti-materiel (APAM) weapons to improve lethality and survivability against area, mobile, hard and deeply buried, and fixed targets. Finally, this project provides an opportunity to quickly insert emerging technologies into existing and developing aircraft munitions and fuzes and supports strategic planning to achieve compliance of AF munitions with Department of Defense insensitive munitions (IM) standards - 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) and Emerging Technologies: IM projects support 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 current 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 also explores and develops IM and Energetics technology, assessing, analyzing, and evaluating emerging and developed technologies for future and existing weapon and fuze capabilities to improve lethality, accuracy, and reliability in accordance with the National Defense Strategy roadmap. - 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. - DSU-43/B Cockpit-selectable Height-Of-Burst Sensor (C-HOBS): The C-HOBS 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 Combat Air Forces (CAF) aircraft and provide proximity height-of-burst functionality to general and special purpose weapons (to include NGAAWs). This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605831F. In FY21 0.186M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY22 0.240M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 653133_0604602F_5_3600_PB_2023
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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) and Emerging Technology
- Child Accomplishment: Cockpit-Selectable Height-Of-Burst Sensor (C-HOBS)
- Child Accomplishment: Next Generation Area Attack Weapons (NGAAWs)
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