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GA has committed more than USD50 million of internal funding to develop its next railgun weapon system GA hopes that its successful development will increase US Navy and US Army interest General Atomics (GA) told IHS Jane's that it will have committed significant company funds to develop its 10 megajoule (MJ) Multimission Medium Range Railgun Weapon System (MMRRWS) from 2007 to the end of testing in 2017. Speaking to IHS Jane's at the Navy League's 2016 Sea-Air-Space symposium in mid-May, company officials said that GA had committed funds in excess of USD50 million, but declined to be exact. Intended to complement or replace current US Navy (USN) 5-inch guns, if successful, the General Atomics MMRRWS would be able to intercept missiles and aircraft as well as conduct kinetic strikes against maritime or land targets. However in contrast to multimillion dollar missiles, a GA official noted a railgun hypersonic guided projectile could cost between USD25,000-50,000. While the gun's calibre has yet to be determined (perhaps between 90 mm and 100 mm), shells would have an interception envelope similar to the Patriot PAC-3 and initially use a "shotgun" round with tungsten pellets. For kinetic attack the round would have a ballistic range of about 100 km. GA's MMRRWS will be based on technologies already tested on GA's smaller 3 MJ Blitzer railgun that started firing rounds in 2010. General Atomics also stresses its successful development of hypersonic projectiles - often viewed as the more difficult element of railgun technology - must withstand the 30,000 g stress of electromagnetic launch to speeds greater than Mach 5. A GA official explained that the company intends to leverage Aegis radar technology to provide command guidance for shells of the future MMRRWS, adding that the system can be sized for use on small platforms such as the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) or a frigate. http://www.janes.com/article/60546/general-atomics-commits-private-funding-to-develop-10-mj-medium-range-railgun

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boresight envelope APKWS II Allowable Error 1.5km - Elev: +/- 2°, Az: +/- 3° 2km - Elev: +4°/-2°, Az: +/- 5° 3km - Elev: +5°/-2°, Az: +/-10° 4km - Elev: +5°/-2°, Az: +/- 10° 5km - Elev: +5°/-2°, Az: +/-4°

M282 The success of the BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) is attracting extensive interest from foreign nations, especially now that the helicopter-borne weapon has demonstrated an early operational capability this year on high-performance fixed-wing tactical jets. Speaking to reporters May 17 at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition in National Harbor, Md., Capt. Al Mousseau, the Navy’s program manager for the APKWS, said that the missile is being sold to five nations — Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Australia and The Netherlands — and there are 19 more cases being processed. “The user base has exploded,” Mousseau said. “The interest out there is incredible.” The combat-proven APKWS is a Hydra 70 2.75-inch rocket with an M66 Mod 4 rocket motor, an Mk152 warhead and an Mk435 fuze with a BAE-built semi-active laser guidance section that screws into the midsection of the rocket assembly. It is guided to the target with a laser designator for a precision hit. The APKWS was deployed on the Marine Corps’ UH-1Y and AH-1W helicopters in 2012 and has since been deployed on AH-1Z, MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters, and demonstrated on the Tiger, OH-58, Bell 407, AH-6M and MQ-8B helicopters, the AT-6 light attack aircraft and the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The missile has now been deployed on the Marine Corps’ AV-8B and the Air Force’s A-10 and F-16 tactical jets and has been deployed on the jets in Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria. Firing the missile requires only a software change. Being deployed on so many platforms “has huge implications in the international market,” said Dave Harrold, director for precision guidance solutions for BAE Systems, at the briefing. Being able to “hang it on an Air Force F-16 is significant for us in the international market.” Mousseau said that more than 200 APKWS missiles have been fired in combat since its debut with Marine Corps UH-1Ys in 2012. Harrold said the all-up round with APKWS costs about one-third the cost of a Hellfire missile. “The modularity of the APKWS is very exciting,” Mousseau said, noting that different warheads can be used on the missile. The M282 penetrating warhead is being qualified for the missile. http://www.seapowermagazine.org/stories/20160517-apkws.html

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US Army light infantry units are to be equipped with the Saab 84 mm Carl Gustaf M3 Multirole Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS) as a standard issue tactical support weapon, following completion of a Conditional Materiel Release (CMR) authorisation by the army in late 2015. In parallel, the army continues planning and tasking efforts to achieve Full Material Release (FMR) to the service in late 2016. With the CMR complete, the M3 is now officially an organic weapon system within each army combat platoon, and will initially be fielded within selected Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs), which will now train, maintain, and sustain the M3 as part of the IBCT organisational structure. Going forward, all brigade combat teams will receive 27 Carl Gustaf launchers, about one per platoon. "The CMR allowed the system to be quickly fielded to operational units before the more exhaustive Type Classification [TC] FMR process is completed. This allows IBCT commanders to train and deploy with the M3 MAAWS, pending finalisation of the TC FMR progress," Jack Seymour, marketing director for Saab North America, told IHS Jane's. Select army active duty and National Guard components have already begun receiving the M3 MAAWS, and beginning this year units equipped with the system will be able to train and qualify on the weapon system in their home bases. The US Army's Standards in Training Commissions (STRAC) allocations, outlined in the DA PAM 350-38, will authorise M3 MAAWS gunners and assistant gunners to qualify and maintain combat proficiency annually with live-fire exercises. Originally, issue of the M3 in US service was restricted to US Special Operations Command (SOCOM); beginning with the Army Rangers in 1989, the US Navy SEALS in 1997, and later the rest of the US Special Operations Forces. http://www.janes.com/article/60331/us-army-approves-carl-gustaf-m3-maaws-for-general-use

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