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Defense Industry News - ATK |
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Thursday, October 6, 2011, 09:03 AM | |||
ATK completes successful artillery Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) testing. | |||
Office
of the Project Manager, Combat Ammunition Systems (OPM-CAS) and ATK (NYSE:
ATK) have successfully completed Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) Engineering
and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase 3 Design Verification guided
flight testing (GFT) during a recent 48-round test at Yuma Proving Ground,
Ariz. During this stringent test, PGK significantly exceeded expectations
and requirements for both reliability and safety while demonstrating accuracy
that exceeds the 30-meter Circle Error Probable (CEP) objective requirement. |
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Combat Ammunition Systems (OPM-CAS) - Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) operational overview |
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During this end-of-Phase
3 GFT, structured to challenge PGK in the harshest gun launch environments,
PGK demonstrated consistent, reliable performance following tactical vibration
and temperature conditioning in both extreme heat and cold environments.
Additionally, PGK-fuzed rounds were fired from both the M109 Paladin 155mm
Self-propelled Howitzer and the M777A2 155mm Lightweight Towed Howitzer
to ensure consistent performance across platforms. These results prove
PGK’s ability to dependably guide 155mm artillery projectiles over
the operational envelope tested, significantly exceeding both Phase 3
reliability requirements as well as objective accuracy requirements. |
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