Adv Armor-Piercing (ADVAP) for Small Cal Ammo

Abstract

The Advanced Armor-Piercing (ADVAP) project is a critical technology development in response to the 7.62mm and 5.56mm Family of Ammunition Capabilities Development Documents (CDD) and the Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team (SL CFT) Initial Capability Document (ICD) which outlines the requirements for new ammunition to support the rapid prototyping/development of the Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) under Section 804 Authority. New ADVAP ammunition is designed to provide overmatch capability to defeat advanced light armored threats within typical machine gun engagement ranges. The nomenclature for the 7.62mm ADVAP is XM1158. The Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) ammunition has a similar objective to the 7.62mm ADVAP which is to defeat hard targets. The NGSW ammunition is split into two initial variants, the General Purpose (GP) and the Special Purpose (SP). The nomenclature for the GP ammunition is XM1186 and the nomenclature for the SP ammunition is XM1184. The overall objective of the ADVAP project is to develop and Full Materiel Release (FMR) both 7.62mm XM1158 cartridge for the M240 machine gun and ADVAP ammunition in calibers below 7.62mm. FY 2020 funding supports continuing rapid prototyping/development of the Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) Special Purpose (SP) projectile, building prototypes and maturing prototypes to provide to the weapon system contractors for performance evaluation, conducting a Critical Design Review (CDR), and conducting prototype testing. FY 2020 funding also supports conducting a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the SP projectile and performing activities to increase prototype capacity to support planned weapon system testing.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: EC2_0603639A_4_2040_PB_2020

Tags

Readers

• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

Technology Areas

• Space