US services take closer look at long-rnage gun-launched observation rounds
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The US Army's Fire Support Armaments Center is studying the possibility of using the QuickLook science and technology objective to develop a howitzer-launched munition for long-range targeting and battle-damage assessment. The projected 155-mm munition, called Artillery Launched Observer Round, is expected to have a range of 50 km and to loiter for 20 min, while carrying sensors and communications devices that can locate targets and relay their position to ground forces.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 2000
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US Navy seeks less expensive guided shells
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The US Office of Naval Research (ONR) has successfully test-fired in Feb 2000 a 5-in projectile carrying a guidance, navigation and control (GNC) packaged made by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc of Cambridge, MA. The GNC device combines a Rockwell Collins Global Positioning System receiver with Draper's inertial measurement unit that features the micro-electro- mechanical sensor technology. According to the ONR, a GNC unit can be manufactured for less than $3,000.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 2000
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US Marine Corps evaluates HIMARS rocket system
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The US Marine Corps will conduct a demonstration test of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), using $17.3 million alloted by Congress in the FY01 budget. The HIMARS would fulfill the Marine Corps requirement for a Marine Expeditionary Rocket System and would fire the complete Multiple Luanch Rockety System Family of Munitions, including the Army Tactical Missile System. The Marine Corps intends to buy as many as 100 units of the HIMARS.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 2000
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