Strategic Long Range Cannon

Abstract

This Project matures and integrates long-range armament technologies for both weapons and munitions to demonstrate potential deep strike objective capabilities from future cannon artillery systems. It will demonstrate revolutionary performance to support Long Range Fires by further developing, integrating, and demonstrating enhanced lethality and range extension solutions for cannon system performance with maximum effects. Strategic Long Range Cannon activities include integrating component technologies into sub-system and system-level experimental prototypes for novel cannon, munition, and fire control, including guidance and propulsion. Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) activities mature, integrate, and demonstrate a novel sub-system for ammunition handling and a long-range artillery projectile to support prototyping and experimentation of a next-generation, extended range armaments system that will provide significantly increased range and accuracy without an increase in platform weight. This Project also demonstrates and experiments with emerging and commercially-available technology components to demonstrate improved Stinger capabilities when used in a Man Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) configuration. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC).

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: AY3_0604115A_4_2040_PB_2020

Tags

Readers

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