{"id":86681,"date":"2018-04-30T16:33:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T16:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/30\/army-extending-range-of-airborne-munitions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:01:59","slug":"army-extending-range-of-airborne-munitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/30\/army-extending-range-of-airborne-munitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Army extending range of airborne munitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 The Army is working to extend the range of its airborne precision munitions in order to provide greater standoff in future contested environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2018\/04\/26\/cost-matters-for-us-armys-future-vertical-lift-aircraft-buy-says-vice-chief\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville<\/a> said at the Army Aviation Association of America on April 26, that the service needs to make sure it is extending the range of its current capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service prioritized<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/03\/20\/army-to-demonstrate-precision-strike-hypersonics-and-ramjet-capabilities-in-just-a-few-years\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> long-range precision fires <\/a>as its top modernization effort, and it is taking steps to extend the range of its cannon artillery on the ground in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matching that capability in the sky, the Army aviation\u2019s research, development and engineering arm is looking to increase standoff ranges for its helicopters to effectively fire its munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we are doing is looking at capability that will give us more man-in-the-loop loiter capability of these missiles, more guided aspects, because we are going to be dealing with and seeing more GPS contested environments, RF contested environments,\u201d Juanita Harris, director of the Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center, said at AAAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo we are making these systems now, these new multi-role guided missiles to provide that expertise and that capability to operate in those contested environments, but it also keeps the user, that pilot, the aviator in the loop; as we move forward, it allows the [Brigade Combat Team] commander to reach out to further ranges because of that new capability,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on some joint urgent operational needs statements from the field, the Army is tackling extending the range of precision munitions fired off of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, said Maj. 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Frank Tate, the director of aviation at the Pentagon with the Army\u2019s operations, plans and training branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe kind of range that we have on our current systems are useful but there are some other systems that outrange us and so we need to be able to reach farther if we are going to get into the [Anti-Access\/Area Denial umbrella and IADS \u2014 Integrated Air Defense Systems \u2014 that are out there,\u201d Tate said. \u201cWe are going to need something longer range.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is actively look at what is available in the world today \u201cthat can potentially scratch that itch,\u201d he said, \u201cand so we will be starting a program to rapidly come to some fielding of a longer-range precision munition that overcomes some of the shortfalls that we have now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/02\/23\/problems-with-armys-future-air-to-ground-missile-fixed-ahead-of-production-decision\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Problems with Army\u2019s future air-to-ground missile fixed ahead of production decision<\/a><\/i>]<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Subcommittee, in its mark of the fiscal 2019 defense authorization bill released last week, said it was concerned about \u201cthe Army\u2019s ability to mitigate Apache helicopter and Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial System munitions overmatch within its aviation portfolio.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while the committee supports ongoing obsolescence mitigation efforts, it wants to see the Army\u2019s plan to modernize by Sept. 15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>The hunt for Lightweight Precision Munitions<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is also getting closer to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/space-missile-defense\/2017\/09\/09\/us-army-wants-to-buy-lightweight-precision-munitions-fast\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\"> fielding some new lightweight precision munitions<\/a> for its Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems, according to Tate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has been looking for ways to rapidly buy lightweight precision munitions for UAS as it burns through more expensive missiles carrying out a wide variety of missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRight now we fire a very large number of Hellfires off of our Gray Eagles around the world against targets that don\u2019t actually require a tank-buster, high-end precision munition,\u201d Tate said, which are both expensive and limited in numbers because they are needed for war stockage for other contingencies against near-peer-type competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we need is a weapon system for our Gray Eagle, for example, that gets more stowed kills on the wing, so instead of one round per rail, we want at least three rounds per rail ideally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some munitions are light enough \u2014 coming in at 6 or 7 lbs \u2014to fit even more than three per rail, according to Tate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you are going after one or two personnel in the open sitting around a campfire or what not, that is adequate,\u201d Tate said, adding it also makes more sense operationally as many of the newer UAS variants can stay in the air in excess of 30 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you send them out for a 30 hour mission with only four rounds, then you\u2019ve got some significant issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army plans to take \u201cmultiple small bets on numerous vendors,\u201d Tate said, with solutions that sound interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some munitions are already being put to the test in the Army\u2019s software integration labs. Then the service will take them out, as early as next month, and drop some inert rounds in the desert to see if they can hit targets accurately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If these munitions are successful, the Army will then buy an economically feasible quantity and \u201coperationally use them in real world locations,\u201d Tate said, where users can provide feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the munitions are good, the Army will order more. If they need work, then it will send them back to the vendor, according to Tate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army may push one vendor\u2019s munition across the finish line while another is preparing for tests. \u201cThis is going to be more than one in a family of munitions based on different capabilities that are necessary,\u201d Tate said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One munition may be tested and prove better than what was previously fielded, or simply offer a different capability such as more firepower or is lighter weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf it tests well and the users like it, then we add that to the arsenal as well. 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