Direct Fire Technology
Abstract
The Munitions, Survivability and Logistics program funding will be used to support direct fire ammunition from small caliber ammunition, 40mm grenade, medium caliber cannon ammunition and large caliber ammunition enhancements to lethality, effectiveness, survivability, accuracy and general product improvements. In FY 2016, this program assures complete interchangeability of direct fire ammunition and weapons among all the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries with all of the associated logistic, strategic and tactical advantages of the alliance. The program involves development and testing compliance of NATO standardization agreements (STANAGS) and staffing of the North American Regional Test Center (NARTC). In FY 2017, the NATO Standardization mission transfers to PE 0605805A - Munitions Standardization, Effectiveness and Safety, Project F21 - Direct Fire Technology and NATO Ammo Evaluation. FY 2017 funds are used for a more lethal and safer design for 40mm grenades that will be built and tested. An improved 30mm training round for the Apache helicopter will allow pilots to see where the rounds strike. Warhead improvements for the 30mm Apache ammunition are also under development. A number of studies on potential improvements for training ammunition and better primers will be conducted.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- ER6_0607131A_7_2040_PB_2017
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