One-Way Luminescence for Small Caliber Ammo
Abstract
The One Way Luminescence (OWL) project is a critical technology development in response to the 7.62mm and 5.56mm Families of Ammunition Capabilities Development Documents (CDD) and .50 Caliber Munitions CDD. Current small caliber ammunition tracer rounds are a pyrotechnic tracer mix which allows enemy forces to see the trace round and track its trajectory back to the shooter. OWL projects objective is to develop and field a full day/night tracer round, replace the current pyrotechnic cartridges with trace cartridges that are only visible to the shooter and soldiers in close proximity, increasing soldier survivability. 7.62mm is the immediate focus followed by 5.56mm OWL cartridges and later followed by .50 Caliber cartridges. FY 2019 funding will support post Milestone B (MS B) activities to include Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), Design Verification Testing (DVT), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), and a User Assessment (UA) for the 7.62mm caliber ammunition.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- EP4_0604802A_5_2040_PB_2019
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