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Years of budget cuts resulting in slower munition production have also contributed to the growing shortage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to stockpiling more munitions, the Army is looking at trying to come up with a scalable and tailorable inventory of munitions from developing a new long-range precision-guided missile to much smaller, less expensive ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2017\/03\/08\/army-concerned-over-shrinking-munitions-stockpile\/\">Army concerned over shrinking munitions stockpile<\/a><\/i>]<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are pursuing a lightweight precision munition for unmanned systems in theater that are using a Hellfire [missile],\u201d Col. Thomas von Eschenbach, the director of the Capability Development and Integration Directorate at the Army\u2019s Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama, said at the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s aviation symposium Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hellfire was not designed for the targets Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems are going after, such as dismounted targets, he said. And the Hellfire missile, which is capable of taking out much bigger targets, is much more expensive than a smaller munition. Additionally, smaller munitions means more can fit into a weapons rack on the aircraft during a single mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is in the \u201cfledgling process\u201d of organizing opportunities for vendors with lightweight precision munitions to demonstrate capability for the Army whether it\u2019s at ranges in the U.S. or down range, Brig. Gen. 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