1. Multi-Role ATD Deputy Manager
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)
AMC -- Your READINESS Command Supporting Every Soldier Every Day

2. Future Combat Systems Enabling the Objective Force
Organic & inorganic RSTA
Indirect Fire Function*
Networked Command,
Control &
Comms
The FCS is a network based force.
The Multi-Role Armament System integrates both the direct and indirect mission requirements of the FCS onto one platform.
Sensor Function*
Direct Fire Function *
* Manned or unmanned
Infantry Carrier Function
Multi-Role Armament System is One Platform that provides Direct and Indirect Fire Capabilities
For FCS

3. FCS Multi-Role Armament & Ammunition System
Objectives:
TRL 6 Demo in FY06 of Armament, LOS & BLOS Rounds
- NLOS Round TRL6 Demo in FY07

4. FCS Multi-Role Armament & Ammunition System (MRAAS)
Full Spectrum Lethality (0 – 50 KM)
MRAAS Defeats
Armored Vehicles
Infantry
Bunkers
Buildings
Helicopters
UAVs
Soft Targets
UAVs
Bunkers
Armor Defeat
Buildings
Helicopters
Infantry
Soft Targets
LOS - BLOS - NLOS

5. Multi-Role Armament & Ammunition System MRAAS
Maneuver Commander Can Change Missions on the Move !
Provides Unit Commander Maximum Mission Flexibility

6. 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”
“Multipurpose/Precision Point
Target Defeat”
NLOS 4-50KM BLOS 2-12km LOS 0-4Km
Pacing Technologies:
Cannon –
Lightweight Materials
Recoil Mitigation
Munition -
Seeker/G&C
Multi-Mode Warhead
Electrothermal-Chemical Propulsion
Warfighter Payoffs:
Heavy Force Lethality
C130 Transportable Lightweight Vehicle
Roll Off and Fight
Reduced Logistics
One Lightweight Armament System Capable of Dominating the Battlefield

8. 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
Lightweight Cannon
Swing Chamber Breech
Compact Autoloader
Advanced Fire Control
Systems Integration
Maximum Firepower at Minimum Weight

9. New Multi-Role - Roadmap
FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY07
Gov’t
Study
FCS TD’s FCS SDD
Design Concepts
4 AWDs 5 6 7 7 5
III.WP FCS Multi-Role Armament and Ammunition ATD
Gun with LOS/BLOS 6
Cartridge Demo
Smart Cargo
Multi-role Gun
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
Airframe Test 6
NLOS
Prototype Demo
Armament
Integrated Armament
Advanced KE
Composite sabot and Novel Penetrator
Gun Hard Stand
MP-ERM
Guide-to-hit Demo
Arm/Ammo Demo
Advanced KE&MP-ERM
Multi-role Armament turret on DARPA vehicle #
= TRL
Army IMU Program

10. Tank-automotive & Armaments COMmand
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
-THE RECOIL MANAGEMENT SUBSYTEM BASELINE IS FOOB THIS APPROCH HAS BEEN TRIED BEFORE IN VARIOUS ARTILLERY SYSTEMS AND ALTHOUGH FEASIBILITY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IT REQUIRES PRECISION IGNITION TO WORK. THAT IS WHY WE SELECTED ETC IGNITION. AS YOU WILL SEE LATER, IT PROVIDES THIS AS WELL AS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MUZZLE ENRGY.
- THE SWING CHAMBER LAUCHER USES THE CHAMBER AS THE AMMO TRANSFER MECHANISM THUS ELIMINATING WASTED VOLUME WHICH CAN BE USED FOR MORE AMMO STORAGE. OR THE REDUCED UNDER ARMOR VOLUME CAN BE TRADE WITH PLATFORM WEIGHT.
-THE ADVANCED FIRE CONTROL SUBSYSTEM Must BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING BALLISTIC SOLUTIONS AIMING AND STABILIZATION ACROSS LARGE VARIATIONS IN ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH WHILE ON THE MOVE.
LETHALITY IS PROVIDED BY A THREE ROUND FAMILY ALL OF WHICH REQUIRE ETC IGNITION AND HIGH ENERGY,REDUCED VULNERABILITY PROPELLENT.
FINALLY, INTEGRATED MULTI FUNCTIONAL,SELECTABLE WARHEADS ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE TARGET DEFEAT KILL MECHANISMS.
Tank-automotive & Armaments COMmand

11. 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 rounds/min burst firing rate
Cannon weight to be 3500 / 3000lbs
Direct/Indirect fire -10 to +55 degree firing elevation

12. 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)
Under Armor
Imbalance (lbs)
Recoil Volume (m3)
Equil. Weight (lbs)
FOOB M
431
4205
670
1074
.944
7977/9470
.097
144
V-FIB L
635/254
3370
460
800
.500
7457
.308
120
Conventional
635
3350
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
9.68 x 107 mm3
Variable Fire in battery
FOOB

13. Fire Control and Turret Integration
Tactical (Networked) Solution
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
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
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

14. FCS Advanced KE Challenge Barrier Pacing Technologies
Penetrator
Challenge
Increased lethality against heavy armor at LOS ranges .
Barrier
Increasing threat protection
Smaller, lighter round
Pacing Technologies
Novel Penetrator
Composite Sabot
ETC Propulsion
Composite Sabot
Pull Configuration
Advanced Propellant
Chamber Seal
ADVANCED KE
THE ADVANCED KE AMMUNITION ROUND WILL PROVIDE DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT (LOS) TARGET DEFEAT CAPABILITY FOR THE MULTI-ROLE ARMAMENT SYSTEM. HEAVY ARMOR TARGETS WHICH HAVE EVADED PRIOR DETECTION AND CONFRONTING THE FCS IN THE POINT BLANK TO 4KM RANGE WILL BE DEFEATED WITH THIS HIGHLY PRECISION LONG ROD ADVANCED NOVEL PENETRATOR AMMUNITION. NEW PROPULSION AND INTEGRATION OF ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES DEVELOPED FOR 120MM AMMUNITION WILL BE ADAPTED AND IMPROVED FOR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE IN THE 105MM SIZE.
Chamber Seal
Cartridge Case
Projectile
Advanced KE: Defeats LOS Heavy Armor threats

15. MP-ERM with Multi-Purpose Warhead
Challenge
Warhead effects against multiple targets with one munition type (in order to reduce logistics burden) out to 12km.
Barrier
Constraining volume while increasing performance
Current warheads are optimized for particular target classes
Delivery errors of ballistic flight
Solution
Precision munition
Hi-G survivable G&C
Multi-purpose warhead
More powerful explosives
Ignition circuits / selectable fuzing
MP-ERM
Multi-Purpose Warhead
MP-ERM
TAKING MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND DEPLOYING A MULTI-ROLE ARMAMENT SYSTEM WITH EXTENDED RANGE AMMUNITION CAPABILITY ENABLES “RED ZONE” DOMINATION AND SHAPPING. FORCE-ON-FORCE ANALYSES HAVE SHOWN SIGNIFICANT BLUE FORCE ADVANCE WITH MP-ERM FIELDING. TARGET DEFEAT AT EXTENDED RANGES WILL SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE FCS MULTI-ROLE AMRMAMENT SYSTEM SURVIVABILITY
Defeats… helicopters, personnel, heavy armor, walls, BMPs, trucks, bunkers, buildings, artillery, UAVs.

16. Government Baseline FCS Smart Cargo Carrier
Challenge
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.
Pacing Technologies
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
Carrier
Target
Acquisition
Devices
In-flight Update
(Dynamic Re-Targeting)
MP-ERM
TAKING MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND DEPLOYING A MULTI-ROLE ARMAMENT SYSTEM WITH EXTENDED RANGE AMMUNITION CAPABILITY ENABLES “RED ZONE” DOMINATION AND SHAPPING. FORCE-ON-FORCE ANALYSES HAVE SHOWN SIGNIFICANT BLUE FORCE ADVANCE WITH MP-ERM FIELDING. TARGET DEFEAT AT EXTENDED RANGES WILL SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE FCS MULTI-ROLE AMRMAMENT SYSTEM SURVIVABILITY
Smart Cargo Carrier: Precision delivery of Full Spectrum lethal payloads

17. Smart Cargo - Submunitions Options
Unitary Charge
Conventional Munitions (DPICM)
Smart Munitions
Non-Lethal

18. Business Opportunities
Turret Mission Module (TMM) and Weapon Control (WC)
Awarded in March 2002 to GDLS for $30M.
Dona Apgar - Phone ( )
ETC Component Development and Integration
Awarded in March to UDLP for $22M.
Jean Grinter - Phone ( )
Ammunition Re-supply
Announcement in FED BIZ OPPS Feb 28 –DAAE-30-02R-0217

19. Business Opportunities (Con’t)
Smart Suite Contracts (Ammunition)
Lockheed Martin
Awarded in March 2002 for $40.1M
Patricia Regelski - Phone ( )
Raytheon
Awarded in April 2002 for $47.M
Patricia Regelski – Phone ( )
FCS Opportunities in General
Greg Gorman

20. 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.