Precision Fires Rockets and Missiles
Transcript of Precision Fires Rockets and Missiles
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Precision Fires Rockets and Missiles Update for AUSA 2013
COL Gary Stephens, Project Manager, PFRMS
Scott Arnold, Vice President, Lockheed Martin
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Versatile Adaptive Fires 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
M270 IPDS
M270A1
HIMARS Prototype
HIMARS UFCS, ICP
M26 M26A1 GMLRS Unitary UNS
FMS
AWP
M270A1 Modernization
GMLRS Tri-Mode Unitary
M270C1
ATACMS Blk I
ATACMS Blk IA
ATACMS QRU
ATACMS T2K Unitary
FMS
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GMLRS Unitary >3000 Rockets Fired
Reliability Exceeds Requirement
ATACMS >550 Missiles Fired
PFRMS Systems at War
M270A1 98% Readiness Rate
HIMARS
99% Readiness Rate
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Who Requests GMLRS-U: Army 1011 81.53% Marines 123 9.92% Other 106 8.55%
How GMLRS-U is employed: Troops In Contact 250 20.16% Pre-Planned 990 79.84%
Environments GMLRS-U is employed: Urban/COIN 1209 97.50%
Other (TD/Test) 31 2.50%
US Army Missions
GMLRS-Unitary Rocket Usage 3019 Total Rockets Fired As Of 9 Oct 2013
Who Shoots GMLRS-U: US Army 1240 41.07% USMC 962 31.86% UK 817 27.06%
• GPS-Augmented Inertial Guidance • 200lb-Class HE Warhead • Multi-Fuze Selection (Point Detonating, Delay, Proximity) • 15-70km Range
Description
• Precisely Located/Mensurated Point targets • Congested/Complex Urban Targets • Targets in Areas Where Collateral Damage is of Concern
Current Targets
• Confirmed BDA Shows Rocket to be Highly Effective • Extremely Reliable
Effectiveness/Reliability
Capability Gap: Persistent, responsive, all-weather, rapidly-deployable, long-range, surface-to-surface, precision-strike capability.
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ATACMS Usage
569 ATACMS MISSILES FIRED AS OF 11 Sep 2013
How ATACMS is employed: Time-Sensitive Targets 34.6% Pre-Planned 65.4%
Environments ATACMS is employed: Initial OIF Conflict 470 82.6% COIN 99 17.4%
562 of 569 = 98.8% Reliability
Mission Process • Target located by Multiple Sensors • Target refined using Precision Strike Suite- Special Operation Forces or Mensuration via Rainstorm/Raindrop, etc. • Passed to AFATDS for tactical fire control • Launcher receives and executes mission
Who uses ATACMS:
Army 202 35.5% Marines 77 13.5% USAF 290 51.0%
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Launcher Modernization
2012 2018 2020 2050
• Improved Armored Cab • Fire Control System
Upgrade
M270A1 Upgrades M142 Upgrades Next Generation
• FCS Upgrade • Embedded C2? • Air Defense Artillery?
Incremental Upgrade Path
MLRS Force Expected to be in the Field until 2050
M270A1 • IFCS • Light Armor
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GMLRS Alternative Warhead Program
Capability Gaps • Replaces DPICM Variant • Wide Area Effects • Attack of Area and
Inaccurately Located Targets
Description • GMLRS Unitary Guidance and Fuze System • Air Burst - Area Affects Warhead
Status • 3 Competitive Warhead Prototypes
Flight Tested in 2010 • US Army Selected ATK as Winner • EMD Program Began in March 2012 • Production Expected to Begin in 2015
GMLRS
Developing New Technologies that Achieve Same Effects as DPICM, Without the risk of Unexploded Ordnance
UNCLASSIFIED Page 8 Always on Target!
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“ Should Cost” Program Schedule
• Milestone C and FRP Decision Review concurrent • LRIP eliminated
– DoDI 5000.02, “…may not require low-rate production to provide production representative articles for operational testing; test articles, if needed, may come from the existing production line.”
• Mature production line enables IOT&E to precede Milestone C – Executive Review in 1QFY14 confirms configuration for IOT&E – IOT&E remains RDT&E funded
• TEMP update developed with ATEC saves test cost and schedule – Ground and Flight testing streamlined to reduce range and hardware costs (22 rockets)
Low Risk Implementation Due to Successful Tech Demo and 90% Commonality with the Unitary Rocket
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GMLRS Alternative Warhead Program Status
• System PDR October 2012 • System CDR July 2012 • Engineering Development Flight Test
(EDT) • First EMD Flight Test Success ,
EDT-1 May 2013 • Successful EDT-2 Sept. 6, 2013:
three round mission, maximum range cold conditioned
• Successful EDT-3 Sept 25, 2013: three round mission, minimum range hot conditioned
• Production Qualification Flight Test (PQT) • PQT-1, October 2013
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Summary • Delivering Precision Fires in Current Fight • MLRS Force Expected to be in the Field until 2050
– Technology Insertion to Maintain Relevant, Reliable Systems – Balanced, Scalable, and Versatile Capabilities – Future Munitions and Launcher Evolution
• Technology Upgrades Provide Affordable Precision Fires
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Versatile, Affordable Warfighter Capabilities