Stinger Product Improvement
Abstract
The Stinger Block I missile is an advanced, fire-and-forget, short-range, man-portable, air defense weapon system. Stinger's mission is to provide the force with low- altitude air defense against fixed and rotary wing aircraft, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and cruise missiles (CM). Stinger is deployable from the shoulder or from a variety of platforms to include vehicles, helicopters and UAS. The missile is delivered as a certified round and requires no field testing or maintenance. Funding provided for the Stinger Product Improvement completes design, development, test and integration of the Proximity Fuze (PROX) and addresses obsolescence. This will make PROX available for incorporation into the existing Stinger Block I missile. The PROX will improve effectiveness by eliminating the need for a hit-to-kill against UAS threats. UAS defense is a requirement of the Operational Requirements Document (ORD) for the Stinger Guided Missile System and validated by the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, Current and Future Warfighting Capabilities Division (DAMO-CIC) in a memo dated 28 May 2013. The Stinger Product Improvement also funded the Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) demonstration in 4QFY17. This assessed available industry solutions for mitigating the Maneuver SHORAD gap in the near term. The intent is to inform requirements and identify what capability could be fielded by FY21 in order to help mitigate this critical air defense gap. Starting in FY18, the Maneuver SHORAD effort has been moved to its own PE, 0604117A, for all future requirements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- DT5_0203801A_7_2040_PB_2019
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- Root: Missile/Air Defense Product Improvement Program
- Child Accomplishment: Proximity Fuze (PROX) Development and Integration
- Child Accomplishment: Obsolescence and Improvements
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