XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition
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The XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) was a 120 mm guided mortar round under development by Alliant Techsystems.[2]
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[edit] 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 120mm smooth bore mortar rounds, that includes the fitting of a nose and tail subsystem containing the maneuvering parts.[5][6]
[edit] Specification
[edit] 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- February 2007: Funding for program withdrawn in proposed FY2008 budget.[9]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 US Army's competition for the preferred mortar guidance kit.[11]
- March 2011: XM395 munition kit makes its combat debut in Afghanistan.[12]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ PM Mortar Systems demonstrates XM395 during exercise
- ^ a b Alliant Techsystems Takes Army Mortar Contract (Again)
- ^ a b Armed Forces International
- ^ BAE SYSTEMS APKWS II OFFERING COMPLETES ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
