FCS Multi-Role
Armament and Ammunition ATD
Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry
Executive Overview
Presented by:
Mr. Charlie Cording
US Army ARDEC/PEO/PM
Multi-Role ATD Deputy Manager
PM-TMAS
(973)724-3344
cgcordin@pica.army.mil
AMC -- Your READINESS Command . . . Supporting Every Soldier Every Day
Future Combat Systems
Enabling the Objective Force
Indirect Fire
Function*
Organic &
inorganic
RSTA
Networked
Command,
Control &
Comms
Sensor
Function*
Direct Fire
Function *
* Manned or
Infantry Carrier Function
unmanned
Multi-Role Armament System is One Platform that
provides Direct and Indirect Fire Capabilities
For FCS
FCS Multi-Role Armament & Ammunition
System
Objectives:
-TRL 6 Demo in FY06 of
Armament, LOS &
BLOS Rounds
- NLOS Round TRL6
Demo in FY07
FCS Multi-Role Armament & Ammunition
System (MRAAS)
Full Spectrum Lethality (0 – 50 KM)
UAVs
MRAAS Defeats
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Armored Vehicles
Infantry
Bunkers
Buildings
Helicopters
UAVs
Soft Targets
Armor Defeat
Buildings
Bunkers
Infantry
Soft Targets
LOS - BLOS - NLOS
Helicopters
Multi-Role Armament & Ammunition System
MRAAS
Maneuver Commander Can Change Missions on the Move !
Provides Unit Commander Maximum Mission Flexibility
FCS Multi-Role Armament & Ammunition
ATD ( III.WP.1999.01 )
Objective: Demonstrate an integrated multi-role armament system
providing lethality overmatch capability in the expanded Close Fight
and Tactical Deep Fight, enabling the Objective Force to dominate
maneuver throughout the Full Spectrum of Conflict.
“One Shot..
….At Least One Kill”
NLOS 4-50KM
“Multipurpose/Precision Point
Target Defeat”
BLOS 2-12km
Pacing Technologies:
Cannon –
• Lightweight Materials
• Recoil Mitigation
Munition • Seeker/G&C
• Multi-Mode Warhead
• Electrothermal-Chemical Propulsion
LOS 0-4Km
Warfighter Payoffs:
• Heavy Force Lethality
• C130 Transportable Lightweight Vehicle
• Roll Off and Fight
• Reduced Logistics
One Lightweight Armament System Capable of Dominating the Battlefield
Multi-Mission Technologies
• Three Rounds of Ammunition Provide Full Lethality
– Advanced KE (LOS)
• Novel Penetrator, Composite Sabot & ETC Propulsion
– MP-ERM (Multi-Purpose Extended Range Munition)
(LOS and BLOS)
• Multi-Purpose Warhead
• Advanced Propulsion
– Smart Cargo (NLOS)
• Smart Skin, Metal Matrix Composites & Hi G Guidance & Control
• Compact Lightweight Armament System
– Provides Three Missions in One Vehicle
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Lightweight Cannon
Swing Chamber Breech
Compact Autoloader
Advanced Fire Control
Systems Integration
Maximum Firepower at Minimum Weight
New Multi-Role - Roadmap
FY99
FY00
Gov’t
Study
FY01
FY02
Design Concepts
FY03
5
4 AWDs
FY04
FCS 6
FY05
TD’s
FY06
7
FY07
FCS SDD
7
5
III.WP.1999.01 FCS Multi-Role Armament and Ammunition ATD
Gun with LOS/BLOS 6
Component Demo
• Launcher
•Fire Control
•Adv Prop
•Autoloader
•Sec Armament
Advanced KE
•Composite Sabot
•Gun Hard Stand
MP-ERM
•High G Testing
•Warhead Testing
Smart Cargo
•Aero analysis
•Wind Tunnel
•High G Testing
•Airframe Test
Cartridge Demo
• Smart Cargo
•Multi-role Gun
NLOS 6
Prototype Demo
Armament
•Integrated Armament
•Advanced KE
•Composite sabot and
Novel Penetrator
•Gun Hard Stand
MP-ERM
•Guide-to-hit Demo
•Gun Hard Stand
Arm/Ammo Demo
• Advanced KE&MP-ERM
•Multi-role Armament
turret on DARPA vehicle
#
Army IMU Program
= TRL
Subsystems Challenge
• Main Armaments
– Launcher with swing chamber
• Compact ammo handling needed to allow more room for
stowed ammo
– Recoil management
• High recoil forces and light vehicles present unique
challenges while minimizing under volume.
– Fire Control
• Direct and indirect compatible with network centric force
• Ammo Suite
– Electro-thermal-chemical (ETC) Propulsion
• High energy propellant with low sensitivity and precision
ignition in compact cartridge
– Multi-Mode Warhead Development
• Effects against multiple targets with one munition type
– Advanced Materials
• Lightweight & High Strength
Tank-automotive & Armaments COMmand
Swing Chamber Cannon / Autoloader
Challenge
•Main Armament
•Launcher with swing chamber – CTA
•Compact ammo handling needed to allow
more room for stowed ammo – 40 to 50 rds
•Enable 15-20 rounds/min burst firing rate
•Cannon weight to be 3500 / 3000lbs
•Direct/Indirect fire -10 to +55 degree firing
elevation
Recoil Management Challenge
Solution
–Extended recoil stroke for direct fire, reduced stroke for higher angle,
indirect fire, lower impulse rounds
–Systems concerns dictate we minimize weight and launcher imbalance
–Reduced stroke for high elevation firing minimizes turret intrusion
(FOOB complexity increases weight and volume, although recoil stroke is less)
Type
Risk
Recoil
Stroke
(mm)
Weight
(lbs)
Mount
Height
(mm)
Mount
Width
(mm)
Mount
Vol. (m3)
Imbalance
(lbs)
Recoil
Volume
(m3)
Equil.
Weight
(lbs)
Under Armor
FOOB
M
431
4205
670
1074
.944
7977/9470
.097
144
V-FIB
L
635/254
3370
460
800
.500
7457
.308
120
Conventional
L
635
3350
460
800
.500
7475
.450
130
Accomplishments
•Finial design of Variable Recoil Cylinders
complete
•Compact lightweight integrated Mount
design complete
•Armament analysis/integration with
complimentary Autoloader Weapon
Control complete
30.83 x 107 mm3
Variable Fire in battery
9.68 x 107 mm3
FOOB
Fire Control and Turret Integration
Tactical (Networked) Solution
Technical (Platform) Solution
–Dynamic muzzle (not Trunnion) stabilization
–Automatic muzzle reference sensing
•Projectile flight tracker
•Auto-zero and auto-boresight
–Improved meteorological (MET) sensing
–Automatic target tracker
– Multi-agent fire control
•Distributed Interactive Fire Mission (DIFM)
•Maximize first round probability of hit FCS
–Combat Decision Aids
•Ensure proper tactical decision making using
all available info
Accomplishments
•Fire Control Prime solicitation combined with
Turret Integration solicitation
•Contract awarded to GDLS
•Awarded contracts for decision aids
development and DIFM algorithms
•Joint STO with AMRDEC (and CECOM) for Fire
Control Node Engagement Technology (FC-NET)
Tank-automotive & Armaments COMmand
FCS Advanced KE
Penetrator
• Challenge
Composite Sabot
Pull Configuration
– Increased lethality against
heavy armor at LOS ranges .
• Barrier
– Increasing threat protection
– Smaller, lighter round
Advanced
Propellant
Chamber Seal
Chamber Seal
Cartridge Case
Projectile
• Pacing Technologies
 Novel Penetrator
 Composite Sabot
 ETC Propulsion
Advanced KE: Defeats LOS Heavy Armor threats
MP-ERM
with Multi-Purpose Warhead
MP-ERM
• Challenge
– Warhead effects against multiple targets
with one munition type (in order to
reduce logistics burden) out to 12km.
• Barrier
Multi-Purpose Warhead
– Constraining volume while increasing
performance
– Current warheads are optimized for
particular target classes
– Delivery errors of ballistic flight
• Solution
– Precision munition
Defeats…
helicopters, personnel,
heavy armor, walls, BMPs,
trucks, bunkers, buildings,
artillery, UAVs.
• Hi-G survivable G&C
– Multi-purpose warhead
• More powerful explosives
• Ignition circuits / selectable fuzing
Government Baseline
FCS Smart Cargo Carrier
• Challenge
Carrier
– Lightweight carrier round with sufficient
volume to carry multiple payloads out to 50km.
• Barrier
– Smaller round leaves less room for cargo than a
155mm cargo round
– Latency of target location information due to
long time of flight.
Target
Acquisition
Devices
• Pacing Technologies
In-flight Update
(Dynamic Re-Targeting)
 Lightweight Accurate Carrier Round
• Maximize payload volume
– smart skin (smart materials and structures for
control actuation surfaces)
– Metal matrix composites for airframe
• Hi-G survivability of navigation sensor and airframe
(IMU, GPS/INS)
• Dynamic Retargeting
– Robust commo links with FO to munition
• Leverages Army MEMS IMU Effort
Smart Cargo Carrier: Precision delivery of Full Spectrum lethal payloads
Smart Cargo - Submunitions Options
Unitary Charge
Conventional Munitions (DPICM)
Smart Munitions
Non-Lethal
Business Opportunities
• Turret Mission Module (TMM) and Weapon Control (WC)
– Awarded in March 2002 to GDLS for $30M.
• Dona Apgar - Phone (973-724-3271)
• ETC Component Development and Integration
– Awarded in March to UDLP for $22M.
• Jean Grinter - Phone (973-724-4166)
• Ammunition Re-supply
– Announcement in FED BIZ OPPS Feb 28 –DAAE-30-02R-0217
• Dona Apgar - Phone (973-724-3271)
Business Opportunities (Con’t)
• Smart Suite Contracts (Ammunition)
– Lockheed Martin
• Awarded in March 2002 for $40.1M
– Patricia Regelski - Phone (973-724-3832)
– Raytheon
• Awarded in April 2002 for $47.M
– Patricia Regelski – Phone (973-724-3832)
• FCS Opportunities in General
– Greg Gorman 973-724-5961
MRAAS Summary
• MRAAS Program Restructuring in process to incorporate
Ammunition technologies into FCS Threshold (Block 1)
Program.
• Gun Platform with LOS & BLOS Munitions will reach TRL6
in FY06.
• NLOS munition will reach TRL6 in FY07
• LOS , BLOS & NLOS fires organic to same launcher
– Multi-Mission Capability in One Vehicle (FY07)
• For Business Opportunities Call Appropriate POC (Listed)
• Article in Field Artillery Magazine March-April 2002
Full spectrum lethality from a single lightweight gun for
superior versatility, agility, and survivability.