Stinger Product Improvement
Abstract
The Stinger Block I missile is an advanced, fire-and-forget, short-range, man-portable, air defense weapon system. It provides low-altitude defense for ground forces against attack or aerial observation by low-flying Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), Cruise Missile (CM), Rotary Wing (RW), and Fixed-Wing (FW) threats. Stinger employs an infrared (heat seeking)/ultraviolet seeker to guide to the target. Stinger Block I has extensive infrared counter-countermeasure capabilities and can engage targets from any aspect to include head-on. The missile utilizes a high-explosive, hit-to-kill warhead. Stinger can be fired from the shoulder or from a variety of platforms to include ground vehicles and helicopters. The missile is delivered as a certified wooden round and requires no field testing or maintenance. The Stinger Product Improvement provides design, development, test and integration of a Proximity Fuze into the existing Stinger Block I missiles. The Proximity Fuze will improve system effectiveness against the evolving UAS threat. Unmanned Aerial System Defense (UAS-D) is a requirement of the Operational Requirements Document (ORD) for the Stinger Guided Missile System.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- DT5_0203801A_7_2040_PB_2014
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- Root: Missile/Air Defense Product Improvement Program
- Child Accomplishment: Proximity Fuze (Prox Fuze) Development and Integration
- Child Accomplishment: Test and Evaluation
- Child Accomplishment: Management Support
- Child Cost Item: ced1d71a1d939a5f30d8655bd96d2231
- Child Cost Item: 7c4687b10c0f6e574d995f8e0039e96d
- Child Cost Item: fc374c7936b9438d267f207a0bc61802