Enhanced Lethality Cannon Munitions
Abstract
This program will identify, develop, prototype, and demonstrate new enhanced lethality technologies, components, and subsystems maturity for cannon munitions to enable fact-based analysis of enhanced lethality alternatives, quantify their effectiveness in mitigating evolving and derived capability gaps, reduce integration risk, and support transition into existing/new cannon munitions. This program will evaluate and analyze the effectiveness, efficiency, producibility, affordability, safety, and compatibility of these prototype potential materiel solutions in high fidelity simulations and representative realistic performance-related developmental tests. Up to four potential enhanced lethality cannon munition materiel solution alternatives from Government and Industry will be prototyped and evaluated. The best of these potential materiel alternatives will be further refined, tested, and demonstrated prior to the transition of mature enhanced lethality technologies into existing/new cannon munition Programs of Record (PoRs). This program addresses derived requirements for increased organic Brigade Combat Team (BCT) indirect fire stowed kills, potential lethality shortfalls of smaller payload extended range cannon munitions fired from existing fielded US weapon systems, and increased lethality demands being placed on unitary cannon artillery rounds due to the pending policy-driven loss of cluster munitions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- EU1_0603639A_4_2040_PB_2017
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