XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition prototype at Fort Benning, Ga., Feb 2006 [1]
The XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) is a 120 mm guided mortar round under development by Alliant Techsystems.[2]
Design[]
The mortar round has no moving parts and maneuvers itself to the target by means of embedded thruster motors.[3] The guidance system shares the same Distributed Aperture Semi-Active Laser Seeker (DASALS) technology as the BAE Systems APKWS II rocket system.[4]
The most recent XM395 munition consist of a GPS-guided kit fitted to standard 120 mm smooth bore mortar rounds, that includes the fitting of a nose and tail subsystem containing the maneuvering parts.[5][6]
Specification[]
Program status[]
- December 2004: Alliant Techsystems regains an $80 million contract from the U.S. Army to begin production on the XM395 precision-guided mortar munition after a protest by Lockheed Martin a year previously.[2]
- January 2006: Successfully completed the preliminary design review (PDR) stage.[7]
- February 2006: Successful ballistic flight test at Yuma Proving Grounds.[8]
- February 2007: Funding for program withdrawn in proposed FY2008 budget.[9]
- March 2007: Successful guided flight test.[10]
- April 2010: ATK's XM395 wins the U.S. Army's competition for the preferred mortar guidance kit.[11]
- March 2011: XM395 munition kit makes its combat debut in Afghanistan.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ PM Mortar Systems demonstrates XM395 during exercise
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alliant Techsystems Takes Army Mortar Contract (Again)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Armed Forces International
- ↑ BAE SYSTEMS APKWS II OFFERING COMPLETES ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Calloway, Audra (29 March 2011). "Picatinny fields first precision-guided mortars to troops in Afghanistan". Picatinny Public Affairs. US Army - Picatinny Arsenal. http://www.army.mil/article/53988/. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ↑ "XM395: 120mm Precision Mortar". ATK Advanced Weapon. ATK. http://www.atk.com/ts/singaporeairshow/PDF/datasheets/108747_01_XM395%20ds.pdf. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ↑ ATK Successfully Completes Preliminary Design Review of Precision Guided Mortar Munition
- ↑ ATK Conducts Successful Ballistic Flight Test of the Precision Guided Mortar Munition
- ↑ Army Proposes Major Weapons Cuts - military.com
- ↑ ATK Precision Guided Mortar Munition Scores Direct Hit In Guided Flight Test
- ↑ Brannen, Kate (21 April 2010). "ATK Wins U.S. Army Precision Mortar Contract". Defense News. http://www.defensenews.com/article/20100421/DEFSECT02/4210310/ATK-Wins-U-S-Army-Precision-Mortar-Contract. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
External links[]
- M395 Precision-Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) - Global Security
- Precision Munitions for 120mm Mortars - Defense Update
- Distributed Aperture Semi-Active Laser Seeker (DASALS) - BAE Systems
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