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WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Non
Line
of S
ight
–Lau
nch
Syst
em
(NLO
S–LS
)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
None
CONT
RACT
ORS
Rayt
heon
(Tuc
son,
AZ;
Ful
ler,
CA)
Lock
heed
Mar
tin (B
altim
ore,
MD
; Da
llas,
TX)
L-3/
IAC
(Ana
heim
, CA)
251
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
per
form
nuc
lear
, bio
logi
cal,
and
chem
ical
(NBC
) rec
onna
issa
nce
and
to lo
cate
, ide
ntify
, mar
k, s
ampl
e, a
nd
repo
rt N
BC c
onta
min
atio
n on
the
battl
efiel
d.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Nuc
lear
Bio
logi
cal C
hem
ical
Stry
ker
is t
he c
hem
ical
, bio
logi
cal,
radi
olog
ical
, and
nuc
lear
(CB
RN
) re
conn
aiss
ance
con
figur
atio
n of
the
in
fant
ry c
arri
er v
ehic
le in
the
Str
yker
B
riga
de C
omba
t Te
am (
SBC
T).
Stry
ker
sens
or s
uite
is
a de
dica
ted
syst
em o
f nuc
lear
and
ch
emic
al d
etec
tion
and
war
ning
eq
uipm
ent,
and
bio
logi
cal s
ampl
ing
equi
pmen
t. I
ts s
enso
r su
ite
prov
ides
ou
tsta
ndin
g ca
pabi
lity
on a
com
mon
pl
atfo
rm b
y us
e of
a s
ingl
e, in
tegr
ated
re
conn
aiss
ance
and
sur
veil
lanc
e sy
stem
. The
NB
CRV
wil
l be
able
to
det
ect
and
colle
ct c
hem
ical
and
bi
olog
ical
con
tam
inat
ion
in it
s im
med
iate
env
iron
men
t, o
n th
e m
ove,
th
roug
h po
int
dete
ctio
n C
hem
ical
B
iolo
gica
l Mas
s Sp
ectr
omet
er (
CBM
S)
and
Join
t B
iolo
gica
l Poi
nt D
etec
tion
Sy
stem
(JB
PD
S),
and
at
a di
stan
ce
thro
ugh
the
use
of t
he J
oint
Ser
vice
L
ight
wei
ght
Stan
doff
Che
mic
al A
gent
D
etec
tor
(JSL
SCA
D).
It
auto
mat
ical
ly
inte
grat
es c
onta
min
atio
n in
form
atio
n fr
om d
etec
tors
wit
h in
put
from
on-
boar
d na
viga
tion
and
met
eoro
logi
cal
syst
ems
and
auto
mat
ical
ly t
rans
mit
s di
gita
l NB
C w
arni
ng m
essa
ges
thro
ugh
the
vehi
cle’
s co
mm
and
and
cont
rol e
quip
men
t to
war
n fo
llow
-on
forc
es. N
BCR
V m
ay r
epla
ce t
he
need
for
sepa
rate
M93
A1
Fox
NB
C re
conn
aiss
ance
sys
tem
s an
d bi
olog
ical
in
tegr
ated
det
ecti
on s
yste
ms.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Join
t Ser
vice
Lig
htw
eigh
t Sta
ndof
f Ch
emic
al A
gent
Det
ecto
r (J
SLSC
AD
), A
utom
atic
Che
mic
al A
gent
Det
ecto
r A
larm
(ACA
DA
), Ch
emic
al B
iolo
gica
l M
ass
Spec
trom
eter
(CB
MS)
, Joi
nt
Bio
logi
cal P
oint
Det
ecti
on S
yste
m
(JB
PD
S),
AN
/UD
R-1
3 R
adia
c D
etec
tor,
Chem
ical
Vap
or S
ampl
er S
yste
m (
CV
SS),
Nuc
lear
Bio
logi
cal C
hem
ical
Sen
sor
Pro
cess
ing
Gro
up (
NB
CSP
G),
and
Dou
ble
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Con
tinu
ing
addi
tion
al lo
w-r
ate
init
ial p
rodu
ctio
n
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Init
ial o
pera
tion
al t
est
and
eval
uati
on Ful
l-rat
e pr
oduc
tion
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
252
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Nucl
ear B
iolo
gica
l Che
mic
al
Reco
nnai
ssan
ce V
ehic
le (N
BCRV
)–St
ryke
r
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
None
CONT
RACT
ORS
Prim
e ve
hicl
e:
Gene
ral D
ynam
ics
Land
Sys
tem
s (S
terli
ng
Heig
hts,
MI)
Sens
or s
oftw
are
inte
grat
or:
CACI
Tec
hnol
ogie
s (M
anas
sas,
VA)
253
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
pro
vide
sim
ulat
ion
soft
war
e th
at
supp
orts
con
stru
ctiv
e an
d vi
rtua
l tr
aini
ng; m
issi
on re
hear
sal;
anal
ysis
an
d re
sear
ch; a
nd e
mbe
dded
sol
utio
ns
for s
yste
m p
rogr
am m
anag
ers
incl
udin
g th
e Ea
rly In
fant
ry B
rigad
e Co
mba
t Tea
m
(E-I
BCT)
.
DESC
RIPT
ION
One
Sem
i-Aut
omat
ed F
orce
s (O
neSA
F)
is a
nex
t ge
nera
tion
, ent
ity-
leve
l si
mul
atio
n th
at s
uppo
rts
both
com
pute
r ge
nera
ted
forc
es a
nd S
emi-A
utom
ated
Fo
rces
app
licat
ions
. Thi
s en
able
s it
to
supp
ort
a w
ide
rang
e of
Arm
y br
igad
e-an
d-be
low
con
stru
ctiv
e si
mul
atio
ns a
nd
virt
ual s
imul
ator
s.
One
SAF
is c
urre
ntly
bei
ng in
tegr
ated
by
the
Syn
thet
ic E
nvir
onm
ent
(SE
) C
ore
prog
ram
as
the
repl
acem
ent
SAF
for
virt
ual t
rain
ers
such
as
Avi
atio
n C
ombi
ned
Arm
s Ta
ctic
al T
rain
er,
Clos
e C
omba
t Ta
ctic
al T
rain
er a
nd
the
Com
mon
Gun
nery
Arc
hite
ctur
e (C
GA
). O
neSA
F w
ill s
erve
as
the
basi
s fo
r su
bseq
uent
mod
erni
zati
on
acti
viti
es fo
r si
mul
ator
s ac
ross
the
A
rmy.
One
SAF
was
bui
lt t
o re
pres
ent
the
mod
ular
and
Fut
ure
Forc
e an
d pr
ovid
es e
ntit
ies,
uni
ts, a
nd b
ehav
iors
ac
ross
the
spe
ctru
m o
f mil
itar
y op
erat
ions
in t
he c
onte
mpo
rary
op
erat
ing
envi
ronm
ent.
One
SAF
has
been
cra
fted
to
be u
niqu
ely
capa
ble
of
sim
ulat
ing
aspe
cts
of t
he c
onte
mpo
rary
op
erat
ing
envi
ronm
ent
and
its
effe
cts
on s
imul
ated
act
ivit
ies
and
beha
vior
s.
One
SAF
is u
niqu
e in
its
abil
ity
to
mod
el u
nit
beha
vior
s fr
om fi
re t
eam
to
com
pany
leve
l for
all
uni
ts—
both
co
mba
t an
d no
n-co
mba
t op
erat
ions
. In
tell
igen
t, d
octr
inal
ly c
orre
ct
beha
vior
s an
d im
prov
ed g
raph
ical
use
r in
terf
aces
are
pro
vide
d to
incr
ease
th
e sp
an o
f con
trol
for
wor
ksta
tion
op
erat
ors.
Inte
rope
rabi
lity
supp
ort
is p
rese
nt
for
indu
stry
sta
ndar
ds s
uch
as
Dis
trib
uted
Int
erac
tive
Sim
ulat
ion,
Scen
ario
Dev
elop
men
t L
angu
age,
Joi
nt
Con
sult
atio
n C
omm
and
and
Con
trol
In
form
atio
n E
xcha
nge
Dat
a M
odel
, and
A
rmy
Bat
tle
Com
man
d Sy
stem
dev
ices
.
One
SAF
is a
cro
ss-d
omai
n si
mul
atio
n su
itab
le fo
r su
ppor
ting
tra
inin
g,
anal
ysis
, res
earc
h, e
xper
imen
tati
on,
mis
sion
-pla
nnin
g, a
nd r
ehea
rsal
ac
tivi
ties
. It
prov
ides
the
late
st
phys
ics-
base
d m
odel
ing
and
data
, en
hanc
ed d
ata
colle
ctio
n an
d re
port
ing
capa
bilit
ies.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
One
SAF
prov
ides
req
uire
d ca
pabi
litie
s fo
r SE
Cor
e; O
neSA
F is
a
com
plim
enta
ry T
ier
I pr
ogra
m o
f E
-ICB
T.
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
One
SAF
Vers
ion
2.0
rele
ased
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Rel
ease
One
SAF
(Int
erna
tion
al)
Vers
ion
2.0
Rel
ease
One
SAF
Vers
ion
3.0
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
254
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
One
Sem
i-Au
tom
ated
For
ces
(One
SAF)
Obj
ectiv
e Sy
stem
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
Unite
d Ki
ngdo
m, C
anad
a, A
ustr
alia
, Cze
ch
Repu
blic
, Bah
rain
CONT
RACT
ORS
Scie
nce
Appl
icat
ions
Inte
rnat
iona
l Cor
p.
(SAI
C) (O
rland
o, F
L)
CAE
USA
(Orla
ndo,
FL)
Th
e Ae
gis
Tech
nolo
gy G
roup
, Inc
. (O
rland
o, F
L)
Nort
hrop
Gru
mm
an In
form
atio
n Te
chno
logy
(NGI
T) (O
rland
o, F
L)
Lock
heed
Mar
tin (O
rland
o, F
L)
255
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NT
MIS
SION
To p
rovi
de th
e pr
imar
y ar
tille
ry s
uppo
rt
for h
eavy
Brig
ade
Com
bat T
eam
s an
d no
n-di
visi
onal
hea
vy fi
res
batt
alio
ns.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
ho
wit
zer
is t
he m
ost
tech
nolo
gica
lly
adva
nced
sel
f-pro
pelle
d ca
nnon
sy
stem
in t
he A
rmy.
The
fiel
d ar
tille
ry
amm
unit
ion
supp
ly v
ehic
le (
FAA
SV)
prov
ides
an
arm
ored
am
mun
itio
n re
supp
ly v
ehic
le in
sup
port
of t
he
Pal
adin
.
The
Pal
adin
Int
egra
ted
Man
agem
ent
(PIM
) pr
ogra
m s
uppo
rts
the
fleet
m
anag
emen
t st
rate
gy fo
r cu
rren
t P
alad
ins
and
FAA
SVs
by p
rovi
ding
a
low
-ris
k an
d af
ford
able
life
-cyc
le
solu
tion
tha
t ad
dres
ses
obso
lesc
ence
an
d en
sure
s lo
ng-t
erm
sus
tain
men
t of
PIM
use
s st
ate-
of-t
he a
rt c
ompo
nent
s to
impr
ove
the
follo
win
g:
tact
ics;
impr
oved
bal
listi
c an
d nu
clea
r, b
iolo
gica
l, an
d ch
emic
al
FAA
SV.
stop
wit
h on
-boa
rd c
omm
unic
atio
ns,
rem
ote
trav
el lo
ck, a
utom
ated
ca
nnon
sle
w c
apab
ilit
y, a
nd p
ivot
st
eer
tech
nolo
gy.
navi
gato
r an
d te
chni
cal fi
re c
ontr
ol.
high
-exp
losi
ve, R
ocke
t-A
ssis
ted
Pro
ject
ile (
RA
P)
and
Exc
alib
ur
Pro
ject
iles
usin
g M
203
or M
232/
M23
2A1
MA
CS
prop
ella
nt.
built
aro
und
Bra
dley
Com
mon
P
ower
trai
n, T
rack
, and
Dia
gnos
tics
.
Sigh
t/F
utur
e N
etw
ork
capa
bilit
ies.
Oth
er P
IM s
peci
ficat
ions
incl
ude
the
follo
win
g: P
alad
in, f
our;
FA
ASV
, five
tons
; FA
ASV
, 28
tons
plus
2 E
xcal
ibur
or
Cop
perh
ead
proj
ecti
les
4 r
ound
s pe
r m
inut
e fo
r fir
st 3
min
utes
max
imum
; 1 r
ound
per
m
inut
e su
stai
ned
22/3
0 ki
lom
eter
s
Pal
adin
Dig
ital
F
ire
Con
trol
Sys
tem
sof
twar
e su
ppor
t F
ire
Supp
ort
Net
wor
k
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
AFA
TD
S, E
xcal
ibur
, PG
K, F
BCB
2
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS P
roto
type
pro
duct
ion
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES Dev
elop
men
tal
test
ing
(inc
udes
live
fire
)M
ilest
one
C Ope
rati
onal
te
stin
g
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
256
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Pala
din/
Fiel
d Ar
tille
ry A
mm
uniti
on
Supp
ly V
ehic
le (F
AAS
V)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
None
CONT
RACT
ORS
BAE
Syst
ems
(Yor
k, P
A; E
lgin
, OK)
Nort
hrop
Gru
mm
an (C
arso
n, C
A)An
nist
on A
rmy
Depo
t (An
nist
on, A
L)
Mar
vin
Land
Sys
tem
s (In
glew
ood,
CA)
Kidd
e Du
al S
pect
rum
(Gol
eta,
CA)
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UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NT
MIS
SION
To s
uppo
rt c
omba
t uni
ts b
y pe
rfor
min
g cr
oss-
coun
try
mov
emen
t of c
onfig
ured
lo
ads
of a
mm
uniti
on a
nd o
ther
cla
sses
of
sup
ply
load
ed o
n fla
t rac
ks o
r in
cont
aine
rs.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Pal
leti
zed
Loa
d Sy
stem
(P
LS
) pr
ovid
es t
he t
imel
y de
liver
y of
a
high
ton
nage
of a
mm
unit
ion,
uni
t eq
uipm
ent,
Int
erna
tion
al O
rgan
izat
ion
for
Stan
dard
izat
ion
(ISO
) co
ntai
ners
/sh
elte
rs, a
nd a
ll c
lass
es o
f sup
ply
to
usin
g un
its
and
wea
pon
syst
ems
as fa
r fo
rwar
d in
the
man
euve
r ba
ttal
ion
area
as
the
tac
tica
l sit
uati
on a
llow
s. T
he
PL
S co
nsis
ts o
f the
PL
S tr
uck,
PL
S
rack
s. T
he P
LS
truc
k is
a 1
0-w
heel
-dr
ive
(10x
10)
prim
e m
over
wit
h an
inte
gral
onb
oard
load
han
dlin
g sy
stem
tha
t pr
ovid
es s
elf-l
oadi
ng a
nd
unlo
adin
g ca
pabi
lity.
The
re a
re t
wo
PL
S tr
uck
vari
ants
, the
P
LS
truc
k w
ith
mat
eria
l han
dlin
g cr
ane
(M10
74).
The
sys
tem
als
o in
clud
es
the
20-fo
ot I
SO c
onta
iner
s, t
he M
3/M
3A1
Con
tain
er R
oll-i
n/O
ut P
latf
orm
(C
RO
P),
and
the
M1/
M10
77A
1 fla
t ra
cks.
The
PL
S ha
s th
e ab
ilit
y to
op
erat
e w
ith
a de
gree
of m
obil
ity
com
men
sura
te w
ith
the
supp
orte
d w
eapo
n sy
stem
s, t
o fa
cilit
ate
the
fight
ing
capa
bilit
ies
of t
he s
uppo
rted
sy
stem
s an
d un
its.
The
PL
SA1
mod
el is
pla
nned
for
field
ing
in 2
010.
It
wil
l inc
lude
: in
depe
nden
t fr
ont
susp
ensi
on, a
tran
smis
sion
, J-1
939
data
-bus
, and
a
cab
that
wil
l be
com
mon
wit
h th
e
Stra
tegy
(LT
AS
)-co
mpl
iant
.
The
PL
S E
xten
ded
Serv
ice
Pro
gram
(E
SP)
is a
rec
apit
aliz
atio
n pr
ogra
m
that
con
vert
s hi
gh-m
ileag
e P
LS
truc
ks t
o 0
mile
s/0
hour
s an
d to
the
cur
rent
A0
and
futu
re A
1 pr
oduc
tion
con
figur
atio
ns. T
he
truc
ks a
re d
isas
sem
bled
and
reb
uilt
w
ith
impr
oved
tec
hnol
ogy
such
as
an e
lect
roni
call
y co
ntro
lled
engi
ne,
elec
tron
ic t
rans
mis
sion
, air
rid
e se
ats,
fo
ur-p
oint
sea
tbel
ts, b
olt-
toge
ther
w
heel
s, in
crea
sed
corr
osio
n pr
otec
tion
, en
hanc
ed e
lect
rica
l pac
kage
, and
in
depe
nden
t fr
ont
susp
ensi
on o
n th
e A
1. SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
To d
ate,
fiel
ded
9,08
1 P
LS
trai
lers
.
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Com
plet
e P
LSA
1 P
rodu
ct
veri
ficat
ion
test
ing
(PV
T)
at
Abe
rdee
n Te
st C
ente
r (A
TC
), M
DTe
stin
g of
the
Enh
ance
d
PL
SA1
Log
isti
cs
dem
onst
rati
on a
nd v
erifi
cati
on o
f te
chni
cal m
anua
lsTy
pe c
lass
ifica
tion
/mat
erie
l
cont
ract
to
incl
ude
prod
ucti
on a
nd
RE
CA
P o
f the
PL
SA1
PL
SA
1 T
C/M
R)
PL
SA1
Fir
st u
nit
equi
pped
(F
UE
)
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
258
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
pro
tect
gro
und
forc
es a
nd c
ritic
al
asse
ts a
t all
eche
lons
from
adv
ance
d ai
rcra
ft, c
ruis
e m
issi
les,
and
tact
ical
ba
llist
ic m
issi
les.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
PA
TR
IOT
Adv
ance
d C
apab
ilit
y (P
AC
)-3
prog
ram
is a
n ai
r-de
fens
e,
guid
ed m
issi
le s
yste
m w
ith
long
-ran
ge,
med
ium
- to
high
-alt
itud
e, a
ll-w
eath
er
capa
bilit
ies
desi
gned
to
coun
ter
tact
ical
bal
listi
c m
issi
les
(TB
Ms)
, cr
uise
mis
sile
s, a
nd a
dvan
ced
airc
raft
. T
he c
omba
t el
emen
t of
the
PA
TR
IOT
m
issi
le s
yste
m is
the
fire
uni
t, w
hich
co
nsis
ts o
f a p
hase
d ar
ray
rada
r se
t(R
S),
an
enga
gem
ent
cont
rol s
tati
on
(EC
S),
a b
atte
ry c
omm
and
post
, an
elec
tric
pow
er p
lant
(E
PP
), a
n an
tenn
a m
ast
grou
p (A
MG
), a
com
mun
icat
ions
re
lay
grou
p (C
RG
), a
nd la
unch
ing
stat
ions
(L
S)
wit
hm
issi
les.
The
RS
prov
ides
the
tac
tica
l fun
ctio
ns
of a
irsp
ace
surv
eill
ance
, tar
get
dete
ctio
n, id
enti
ficat
ion,
cla
ssifi
cati
on,
trac
king
, mis
sile
gui
danc
e, a
nd
enga
gem
ent
supp
ort.
The
EC
S pr
ovid
es
com
man
d an
d co
ntro
l. D
epen
ding
upo
n
confi
gura
tion
, the
LS
prov
ides
the
pl
atfo
rm fo
r PA
C-2
or
PAC
-3 m
issi
les,
se
aled
in c
anis
ters
tha
t se
rve
as
ship
ping
con
tain
ers
and
laun
ch t
ubes
.
The
PA
C-3
pri
mar
y m
issi
on is
to
kill
m
aneu
veri
ng a
nd n
on-m
aneu
veri
ng
TB
Ms,
and
cou
nter
adv
ance
d cr
uise
m
issi
le a
nd a
ircr
aft
thre
ats.
The
PA
C-3
m
issi
le u
ses
hit-
to-k
ill t
echn
olog
y fo
r gr
eate
r le
thal
ity
agai
nst
TB
Ms
arm
ed
wit
h w
eapo
ns o
f mas
s de
stru
ctio
n.
The
PA
C-3
sys
tem
upg
rade
s ha
ve
prov
ided
impr
ovem
ents
tha
t in
crea
se
perf
orm
ance
aga
inst
evo
lvin
g th
reat
s,
mee
t us
er r
equi
rem
ents
, and
enh
ance
jo
int
inte
rope
rabi
lity.
PA
TR
IOT
’s
fast
-rea
ctio
n ca
pabi
lity,
hig
h fir
epow
er,
abil
ity
to t
rack
num
erou
s ta
rget
s si
mul
tane
ousl
y, a
nd a
bilit
y to
ope
rate
in
a s
ever
e el
ectr
onic
cou
nter
mea
sure
en
viro
nmen
t m
ake
it t
he A
rmy’
s pr
emie
r ai
r de
fens
e sy
stem
. The
PA
C-3
M
issi
le S
egm
ent
Enh
ance
men
t (M
SE),
cu
rren
tly
in d
evel
opm
ent,
is p
lann
ed
to b
e us
ed w
ith
the
PAC
-3 s
yste
m a
nd
wil
l be
the
base
line
inte
rcep
tor
for
the
Med
ium
Ext
ende
d A
ir D
efen
se S
yste
m,
whi
ch s
ucce
eds
the
PAT
RIO
T s
yste
m.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Med
ium
Ext
ende
d A
ir D
efen
se S
yste
m
Cru
ise
Mis
sile
Def
ense
Ele
vate
d N
ette
d Se
nsor
s Sy
stem
s (J
LE
NS
), I
nteg
rate
d A
ir a
nd M
issi
le D
efen
se (
IAM
D)
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
eval
uati
on
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
MSE
flig
ht t
esti
ng
capa
bilit
y
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
260
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
PATR
IOT
(PAC
-3)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
Germ
any,
Gre
ece,
Isra
el, J
apan
, Kuw
ait,
Saud
i Ara
bia,
Spa
in, T
aiw
an, T
he
Neth
erla
nds,
Kor
ea, U
nite
d Ar
ab E
mira
tes
CONT
RACT
ORS
PATR
IOT
syst
em in
tegr
ator
, gro
und
syst
em m
odifi
catio
ns, r
ecap
italiz
atio
n pr
ogra
m:
Rayt
heon
(And
over
, MA;
Bed
ford
, MA)
PA
C-3
Mis
sile
sub
-ass
embl
y an
d as
sem
bly:
Lock
heed
Mar
tin (G
rand
Pra
irie,
TX;
Ca
mde
n, A
R; L
ufki
n, T
X)
PAC-
3 M
issi
le S
eeke
r sub
-con
trac
tor:
Bo
eing
(Hun
tsvi
lle, A
L)
261
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
impr
ove
the
accu
racy
of e
xist
ing
conv
entio
nal a
rtill
ery
amm
uniti
on.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Pre
cisi
on G
uida
nce
Kit
(P
GK
) is
an
affo
rdab
le g
loba
l pos
itio
ning
sy
stem
(G
PS
) gu
idan
ce k
it w
ith
fuzi
ng
func
tion
s th
at is
com
pati
ble
wit
h th
e ex
isti
ng s
tock
pile
of c
onve
ntio
nal
cann
on a
rtil
lery
pro
ject
iles.
The
PG
K
uses
an
inte
grat
ed G
PS
rece
iver
to
corr
ect
the
inhe
rent
err
ors
asso
ciat
ed
wit
h ba
llis
tic
firin
g so
luti
ons,
red
ucin
g th
e nu
mbe
r of
art
ille
ry p
roje
ctile
s re
quir
ed t
o at
tack
tar
gets
. The
in
crea
se in
effi
cien
cy a
nd e
ffec
tive
ness
of
fere
d by
PG
K p
rovi
des
com
man
ders
th
e op
erat
iona
l cap
abil
ity
to d
efea
t m
ore
targ
ets
wit
h th
e sa
me
basi
c lo
ad,
whi
le r
educ
ing
the
logi
stic
s bu
rden
as
soci
ated
wit
h th
e cu
rren
t m
issi
on
requ
irem
ent.
The
PG
K p
rogr
am is
follo
win
g an
in
crem
enta
l pro
gram
app
roac
h.
impl
emen
t co
mpa
tibi
lity
wit
h th
e E
arly
Inf
antr
y B
riga
de C
omba
t Te
am
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Incr
emen
t 1
prog
ram
is
in e
ngin
eeri
ng a
nd m
anuf
actu
ring
de
velo
pmen
t
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Init
ial o
pera
tion
s te
stin
g an
d ev
alua
tion
Type
cla
ssifi
cati
on
stan
dard
and
ful
l-mat
erie
l rel
ease
Mile
ston
e B
, PG
K
Incr
emen
t 2
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
262
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Prec
isio
n Gu
idan
ce K
it
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
None
CONT
RACT
ORS
Incr
emen
t 1Pr
ime:
Al
liant
Tec
hsys
tem
s (P
lym
outh
, MN
)Su
bcon
trac
tor:
L-
3 In
ters
tate
Ele
ctro
nics
Cor
p.
(Los
Ange
les,
CA)
263
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NT
MIS
SION
To im
prov
e ba
ttles
pace
aw
aren
ess
usin
g el
ectro
nic
supp
ort s
enso
rs th
at
dete
ct, c
olle
ct, i
dent
ify, a
nd lo
cate
se
lect
ed e
mitt
ers;
enh
ance
s co
mba
t ef
fect
iven
ess
usin
g el
ectr
onic
war
fare
ag
ains
t tar
gete
d en
emy
com
man
d an
d co
ntro
l nod
es.
DESC
RIPT
ION
Pro
phet
is a
gro
und-
base
d ta
ctic
al
sign
als
inte
llig
ence
/ele
ctro
nic
war
fare
se
nsor
tha
t cr
eate
s a
near
-rea
l-tim
e el
ectr
onic
pic
ture
of t
he B
riga
de
Com
bat
Team
(B
CT
), S
tryk
er B
riga
de
Com
bat
Team
, Arm
ored
Cav
alry
R
egim
ent,
and
Bat
tlefi
eld
Surv
eill
ance
B
riga
de b
attl
espa
ce. P
roph
et p
rovi
des
inte
llig
ence
sup
port
by
repo
rtin
g th
e lo
cati
on, t
rack
ing,
and
iden
tity
of
thre
at e
mit
ters
. A s
econ
dary
mis
sion
is
Ele
ctro
nic
Att
ack
(EA
) ag
ains
t en
emy
emit
ters
. The
Pro
phet
Spi
ral
I E
lect
roni
c Su
ppor
t (E
S)
syst
em is
be
ing
field
ed t
o A
ctiv
e an
d R
eser
ve
unit
s in
sup
port
of O
pera
tion
End
urin
g F
reed
om a
nd O
pera
tion
Ira
qi F
reed
om.
The
Pro
phet
Spi
ral 1
ES
syst
em
prov
ides
an
incr
ease
in c
apab
ilit
y ov
er t
he e
xist
ing
Pro
phet
Blo
ck I
sy
stem
. Pro
phet
con
sist
s of
gro
und
colle
ctio
n se
nsor
s ca
pabl
e of
ear
ly
entr
y an
d ai
rbor
ne in
sert
ion.
The
ba
se d
ism
ount
ed P
roph
et c
apab
ilit
y pr
ovid
es fo
rce
prot
ecti
on in
form
atio
n fr
om a
man
-pac
k sy
stem
. Mou
nted
P
roph
et s
enso
rs h
ave
an o
n-th
e-m
ove
colle
ctio
n an
d re
port
ing
capa
bilit
y;
they
ena
ble
Pro
phet
to
keep
pac
e w
ith
supp
orte
d un
its
and
repo
siti
on
colle
ctio
n ca
pabi
lity
easi
ly o
n th
e ba
ttle
field
. Pro
phet
wil
l cro
ss-c
ue
othe
r ba
ttle
field
sen
sors
and
pro
vide
ad
diti
onal
info
rmat
ion
that
may
co
nfirm
inte
llig
ence
from
oth
er
man
ned/
unm
anne
d ba
ttle
field
sen
sors
. P
roph
et E
A is
pac
kage
d in
a
ES
syst
ems,
pro
vidi
ng b
oth
stat
iona
ry
and
on-t
he-m
ove
capa
bilit
ies.
The
P
roph
et E
nhan
ced
Syst
em w
ill p
rovi
de
an in
crea
se in
cap
abil
ity
over
the
ex
isti
ng P
roph
et S
pira
l 1 E
S se
nsor
. P
roph
et E
nhan
ced
prod
ucti
on c
ontr
act
Pro
phet
em
ploy
s an
ope
n sy
stem
s
arch
itec
ture
, mod
ular
des
ign,
and
no
npro
prie
tary
indu
stry
sta
ndar
ds,
supp
orti
ng e
volu
tion
ary
grow
th a
nd
expa
nsio
n vi
a ci
rcui
t ca
rd a
ssem
blie
s an
d so
ftw
are
upgr
ades
. Thi
s ca
pabi
lity
wil
l be
used
to
mai
ntai
n re
leva
ncy
on t
he b
attl
efiel
d an
d ke
ep p
ace
wit
h te
chno
logy
adv
ance
men
ts v
ia a
pro
duct
im
prov
emen
t pr
ogra
m t
o in
sert
pla
nned
im
prov
emen
ts a
nd n
ew u
npla
nned
ca
pabi
litie
s in
to t
he S
pira
l 1 E
S Se
nsor
an
d P
roph
et E
nhan
ced
Syst
em.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Tro
jan
light
wei
ght
inte
grat
ed
tele
com
mun
icat
ions
equ
ipm
ent,
ta
ctic
al r
adio
com
mun
icat
ions
sys
tem
s,
light
tac
tica
l veh
icle
s an
d as
sure
d m
obil
ity
syst
ems,
glo
bal p
osit
ioni
ng
Bey
ond-
Lin
e-of
-Sit
e C
omm
unic
atio
ns
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Com
plet
ed P
roph
et E
A
lim
ited
use
r te
stC
onti
nued
fiel
ding
P
roph
et E
S Sp
iral
1 s
yste
ms
to A
rmy
Tra
nsfo
rmat
ion
BC
Ts
and
Nat
iona
l G
uard
Beg
an d
efiel
ding
P
roph
et B
lock
I s
yste
ms
Aw
arde
d E
ngin
eeri
ng
Cha
nge
Pro
posa
l to
repl
ace
com
mun
icat
ions
on
Pro
phet
ES
Spir
al 1
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Aw
ard
Pro
phet
enh
ance
d co
ntra
ct a
war
dC
onti
nue
Pro
phet
B
lock
I fi
eldi
ngs
to N
atio
nal G
uard
Con
tinu
e P
roph
et
ES
Spir
al 1
fiel
ding
s Con
tinu
e to
de
field
Pro
phet
Blo
ck I
sys
tem
s as
P
roph
et E
S Sp
iral
1 s
yste
ms
are
field
edP
roph
et E
S 1
first
uni
t
com
mun
icat
ions
on-
the-
mov
eO
pera
tion
al a
sses
smen
t fo
r
SOT
MP
roph
et E
nhan
ced
Qui
ck
Rea
ctio
n C
apab
ilit
y fir
st u
nit
equi
pped
Pro
phet
Enh
ance
d fir
st
unit
equ
ippe
d
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
264
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Prop
het
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
None
CONT
RACT
ORS
Prop
het E
nhan
ced
sens
or p
rodu
ctio
n:Ge
nera
l Dyn
amic
s (S
cotts
dale
, AZ)
Prop
het E
S Sp
iral 1
sen
sor a
nd c
ontr
ol
prod
uctio
n:L-
3 Co
mm
unic
atio
ns (S
an D
iego
, CA;
M
elbo
urne
, FL)
265
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
pro
vide
reco
nnai
ssan
ce, s
urve
illan
ce,
targ
et a
cqui
sitio
n an
d fo
rce
prot
ectio
n fo
r bat
talio
n co
mm
ande
rs a
nd b
elow
du
ring
day/
nigh
t ope
ratio
ns.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
RQ
-11B
Rav
en S
mal
l Unm
anne
d A
ircr
aft
Syst
em (
SUA
S)
is a
han
d-la
unch
ed, u
nman
ned
airc
raft
sys
tem
ca
pabl
e of
90
min
utes
of fl
ight
ti
me
wit
h an
ope
rati
onal
ran
ge o
f ap
prox
imat
ely
10 k
ilom
eter
s. N
orm
al
low
er. T
he s
yste
m, a
ircr
aft,
and
gr
ound
con
trol
sta
tion
, are
ass
embl
ed
by o
pera
tors
in a
ppro
xim
atel
y fiv
e m
inut
es. T
he a
ircr
aft,
whi
ch h
as
poun
ds. A
sm
all h
and
cont
rolle
r di
spla
ys li
ve v
ideo
and
air
craf
t st
atus
. M
issi
on p
lann
ing
is p
erfo
rmed
on
the
hand
con
trol
ler
or a
lapt
op r
unni
ng
fligh
t pl
anni
ng s
oftw
are.
Air
craf
t fli
ght
mod
es in
clud
e fu
lly
man
ual,
alti
tude
ho
ldin
g, f
ully
aut
onom
ous
navi
gati
on,
poin
t lo
iter
, and
ret
urn
hom
e.
Rav
en in
corp
orat
es a
sec
ure
glob
al
posi
tion
ing
syst
em.
The
RQ
-11B
sys
tem
con
sist
s of
: thr
ee
airc
raft
; tw
o co
ntro
l sta
tion
s (p
rim
ary
cont
rol o
r re
mot
e vi
deo
mon
itor
ing)
; te
n ea
ch a
ir v
ehic
le a
nd g
roun
d st
atio
n ba
tter
ies;
tw
o un
iver
sal b
atte
ry
char
gers
; tw
o da
y el
ectr
o-op
tica
l col
or
sens
ors;
thr
ee n
ight
infr
ared
sen
sors
w
ith
lase
r il
lum
inat
or; a
spa
re p
arts
ki
t; a
nd a
mis
sion
pla
nnin
g la
ptop
.
The
Rav
en is
ope
rate
d by
tw
o So
ldie
rs.
No
spec
ific
mil
itar
y oc
cupa
tion
al
spec
ialt
y is
req
uire
d. O
pera
tor
trai
ning
is
10
days
in d
urat
ion.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Sys
tem
is c
urre
ntly
in t
he
Pro
duct
ion
and
Dep
loym
ent
phas
eis
cur
rent
ly o
pera
tion
al in
bo
th O
pera
tion
Ira
qi F
reed
om a
nd
Ope
rati
on E
ndur
ing
Fre
edom
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Dev
elop
men
t, in
tegr
atio
n,
test
ing,
and
dep
loym
ent
of D
igit
al
Dat
a L
ink
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
266
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Rave
n Sm
all U
nman
ned
Airc
raft
Sy
stem
(SUA
S)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
Denm
ark
CONT
RACT
ORS
Aero
viro
nmen
t, In
c.
(Sim
i Val
ley,
CA)
Indi
go S
yste
m C
orp.
(Gol
eta,
CA)
All A
mer
ican
Rac
ers,
Inc.
(S
anta
Ana
, CA)
L-3
Com
mun
icat
ions
(San
Die
go, C
A)Br
en-T
roni
cs (C
omm
ack,
NY)
267
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
pro
vide
a ro
ugh-
terr
ain,
var
iabl
e-re
ach
cont
aine
r han
dler
in s
uppo
rt o
f ca
rgo
hand
ling
oper
atio
ns.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Rou
gh T
erra
in C
onta
iner
non-
deve
lopm
enta
l ite
m a
cqui
red
for
the
carg
o ha
ndli
ng o
pera
tion
mis
sion
re
quir
emen
ts w
orld
wid
e. T
he v
ehic
le
lift
s, m
oves
, and
sta
cks
both
20-
foot
an
d 40
-foot
long
Am
eric
an N
atio
nal
Stan
dard
s In
stit
ute/
Inte
rnat
iona
l O
rgan
izat
ion
for
Stan
dard
izat
ion
(AN
SI/I
SO)
cont
aine
rs a
nd s
helt
ers
Impr
ovem
ents
incl
ude
the
capa
bilit
y to
tra
nspo
rt b
y ra
il, h
ighw
ay, o
r w
ater
in le
ss t
han
2 1/
2 ho
urs
and
in
cont
aine
rs t
hree
hig
h; a
chie
ve a
fo
rwar
d sp
eed
of 2
3 m
iles
per
hour
; an
d an
adj
usta
ble
top
hand
ler.
The
hard
-sta
nd, o
ver-
sand
ter
rain
, and
cr
oss-
coun
try
duri
ng t
rans
port
atio
n
and
ordn
ance
am
mun
itio
n ha
ndli
ng
oper
atio
ns. S
tora
ge, t
rans
port
atio
n,
and
depl
oym
ent
wil
l inc
lude
ope
rati
ons
in c
old,
bas
ic, a
nd h
ot c
lim
ates
.
or d
efea
t an
y th
reat
and
doe
s no
t po
sses
s le
thal
ity
capa
bilit
y. D
urin
g Jo
int
logi
stic
s ov
er-t
he-s
hore
ope
rati
ons
(JL
OT
S)
wit
h th
e ab
senc
e of
a
deve
lope
d po
rt, t
he t
op h
andl
er v
aria
nt
wit
h th
e fo
rkli
ft k
it in
stal
led
wil
l be
used
to
posi
tion
mod
ular
cau
sew
ay
sect
ions
bet
wee
n th
e sh
ips
and
the
shor
e.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Ong
oing
pro
duct
ion
and
field
ing
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Cont
inue
pro
duct
ion
and
field
ing
Follo
w-o
n pr
oduc
tion
co
ntra
ct a
war
d
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
268
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Roug
h Te
rrai
n Co
ntai
ner H
andl
er
(RTC
H)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
None
CONT
RACT
ORS
Kalm
ar R
T Ce
nter
LLC
(Cib
olo,
TX)
269
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
pro
vide
the
war
fight
er w
ith th
e ab
ility
to s
afel
y em
ploy
sho
rt-d
urat
ion
obsc
urat
ion
in th
e vi
sual
, inf
rare
d (IR
) an
d m
illim
eter
wav
e (M
MW
) por
tions
of
the
elec
trom
agne
tic s
pect
rum
.
DESC
RIPT
ION
mem
ber
of t
he F
amily
of T
acti
cal
Obs
cura
tion
Dev
ices
Fam
ily o
f Sy
stem
s. I
t pr
ovid
es t
he w
arfig
hter
co
mm
ande
r th
e ca
pabi
lity
to r
apid
ly
empl
oy s
mal
l-are
a, s
hort
-dur
atio
n,
scre
enin
g ob
scur
atio
n ef
fect
s in
the
vi
sual
thr
ough
nea
r in
frar
ed (
IR)
duri
ng f
ull-s
pect
rum
ope
rati
ons.
in r
estr
icti
ve t
erra
in (
i.e. u
rban
st
ruct
ures
, sub
terr
anea
n lo
cati
ons,
prop
er o
pera
tion
and
per
form
ance
of
ene
my
batt
lefie
ld w
eapo
n sy
stem
s an
d en
hanc
es fr
iend
ly c
apab
ilit
ies,
pr
ovid
ing
a le
ss h
azar
dous
alt
erna
tive
to
cur
rent
non
-col
ored
sm
oke
and
ince
ndia
ry h
and
gren
ades
. The
ob
scur
ant
gren
ades
in t
he c
urre
nt
inve
ntor
y su
bjec
t th
e w
arfig
hter
to
seve
ral h
azar
ds (
i.e. a
sphy
xiat
ion,
ca
rcin
ogen
, and
fire
haz
ards
) if
use
d in
toxi
c th
an c
urre
nt g
rena
des
beca
use
the
fill i
s no
n-co
mbu
stib
le a
nd n
on-
burn
ing.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Ful
l-rat
e pr
oduc
tion
dec
isio
n an
d fie
ldin
g
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Con
tinu
e fie
ldin
g
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
270
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Scre
enin
g Ob
scur
atio
n De
vice
(S
OD)–
Visu
al R
estr
icte
d (V
r)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
None
CONT
RACT
ORS
Pine
Blu
ff Ar
sena
l (Pi
ne B
luff,
AR)
271
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
ach
ieve
end
-to-
end
Beyo
nd-
Line
-of-
Sigh
t (BL
OS)
con
nect
ivity
th
at m
eets
join
t req
uire
men
ts fo
r co
mm
and,
con
trol,
com
mun
icat
ions
, co
mpu
ters
, and
inte
llige
nce
prot
ectiv
e re
quire
men
ts.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Sec
ure
Mob
ile A
nti-J
am R
elia
ble
is a
mob
ile m
ilit
ary
sate
llit
e co
mm
unic
atio
n te
rmin
al m
ount
ed o
n a
stan
dard
and
futu
re t
acti
cal c
omm
unic
atio
ns
netw
orks
thr
ough
DoD
Mils
tar
com
mun
icat
ion
sate
llit
es. T
he
mil
lion
bits
per
sec
ond
(Mbp
s). I
t pr
ovid
es t
he A
rmy
wit
h it
s on
ly
prot
ecte
d (a
nti-j
am a
nd lo
w p
roba
bilit
y of
inte
rcep
t) w
ideb
and
sate
llit
e co
mm
unic
atio
n ca
pabi
lity.
Pro
duct
ion
is u
nder
way
to
upgr
ade
term
inal
s to
com
mun
icat
e w
ith
DoD
Adv
ance
d
sate
llit
es a
t a
max
imum
dat
a ra
te
syst
em w
ill d
ram
atic
ally
incr
ease
the
A
rmy’
s en
d-to
-end
com
mun
icat
ions
up-a
rmor
ing
in c
ompl
ianc
e w
ith
rece
nt c
hang
es in
Arm
y po
licy
for
the
depl
oym
ent
of p
erso
nnel
car
rier
s.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Mils
tar
mil
itar
y co
mm
unic
atio
n sa
tell
ites
, and
is b
eing
upg
rade
d
com
mun
icat
ion
sate
llit
es.
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
term
inal
s to
Arm
y un
its
Dep
loye
d up
to
rece
ived
pos
itiv
e fe
edba
ckA
war
ded
up-a
rmor
con
trac
t
prod
ucti
onIn
itia
l del
iver
y of
the
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Com
plet
e fie
ldin
g of
239
Nat
iona
l Gua
rd a
nd A
rmy
Res
erve
U
nits
Aw
ard
cont
ract
to
proc
ure
unit
s
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
272
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Secu
re M
obile
Ant
i-Ja
m R
elia
ble
Tact
ical
–Ter
min
al (S
MAR
T–T)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
None
CONT
RACT
ORS
AEHF
Prod
uctio
n:Ra
ythe
on (L
argo
, FL)
Engi
neer
ing
supp
ort:
Linc
oln
Labs
(Lex
ingt
on, M
A)Ha
rdw
are:
Te
ledy
ne (L
ewis
burg
, TN
)M
artin
Die
sel (
Defia
nce,
OH
)Ad
min
istr
ativ
e/te
chni
cal s
uppo
rt:
JAN
US R
esea
rch
(Eat
onto
wn,
NJ)
Booz
Alle
n Ha
milt
on (E
aton
tow
n, N
J)
273
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NT
MIS
SION
To p
rovi
de c
ritic
al a
ir su
rvei
llanc
e by
aut
omat
ical
ly d
etec
ting,
trac
king
, cl
assi
fyin
g, id
entif
ying
, and
repo
rtin
g ta
rget
s to
air
defe
nse
wea
pons
sys
tem
s an
d ba
ttlefi
eld
com
man
ders
.
DESC
RIPT
ION
Sent
inel
is u
sed
wit
h th
e A
rmy’
s Fo
rwar
d A
rea
Air
Def
ense
Com
man
d an
d C
ontr
ol (
FAA
D C
2) s
yste
m a
nd
prov
ides
key
tar
get
data
to
Stin
ger-
base
d w
eapo
n sy
stem
s an
d ba
ttle
field
co
mm
ande
rs v
ia F
AA
D C
2 or
dir
ectl
y,
usin
g an
Enh
ance
d P
osit
ion
Loc
atio
n R
epor
ting
Sys
tem
(E
PL
RS
) or
the
Si
ngle
Cha
nnel
Gro
und
and
Air
born
e R
adio
Sys
tem
(SI
NC
GA
RS
).
Sent
inel
con
sist
s of
the
M10
97A
1
grou
p m
ount
ed o
n a
high
-mob
ilit
y tr
aile
r, t
he id
enti
ficat
ion
frie
nd-o
r-
foe
syst
em (
IFF
), a
nd t
he F
AA
D C
2 in
terf
ace.
The
sen
sor
is a
n ad
vanc
ed
air
defe
nse
phas
ed-a
rray
rad
ar w
ith
a 40
-kilo
met
er r
ange
.
Sent
inel
can
ope
rate
day
and
nig
ht,
in a
dver
se w
eath
er c
ondi
tion
s,
and
in b
attl
efiel
d en
viro
nmen
ts o
f du
st, s
mok
e, a
eros
ols,
and
ene
my
coun
term
easu
res.
It
prov
ides
acqu
isit
ion
and
trac
king
of t
arge
ts
(cru
ise
mis
sile
s, u
nman
ned
aeri
al
vehi
cles
, rot
ary
and
fixed
win
g ai
rcra
ft)
mov
ing
at s
uper
soni
c to
ho
veri
ng s
peed
s an
d at
pos
itio
ns fr
om
the
map
of t
he e
arth
to
the
max
imum
en
gage
men
t al
titu
de o
f sho
rt-r
ange
ai
r de
fens
e w
eapo
ns. S
enti
nel d
etec
ts
targ
ets
befo
re t
hey
can
enga
ge, t
hus
impr
ovin
g ai
r de
fens
e w
eapo
n re
acti
on
tim
e an
d al
low
ing
enga
gem
ent
at
opti
mum
ran
ges.
Sen
tine
l’s in
tegr
ated
IF
F sy
stem
red
uces
the
pot
enti
al fo
r en
gage
men
t of
frie
ndly
air
craf
t.
Sent
inel
mod
erni
zati
on e
ffor
ts
incl
ude
enha
nced
tar
get
rang
e an
d cl
assi
ficat
ion
upgr
ades
to
enga
ge
non-
line
-of-s
ight
(N
LO
S)
targ
ets;
incr
ease
d de
tect
ion
and
acqu
isit
ion
rang
e of
tar
gets
; enh
ance
d si
tuat
iona
l aw
aren
ess;
and
cla
ssifi
cati
on o
f cr
uise
mis
sile
s. T
he s
yste
m p
rovi
des
inte
grat
ed a
ir t
rack
s w
ith
clas
sific
atio
n an
d re
cogn
itio
n of
pla
tfor
ms
that
giv
e an
inte
grat
ed a
ir a
nd c
ruis
e m
issi
le
defe
nse
solu
tion
for
the
Air
and
Mis
sile
D
efen
se S
yste
m o
f Sys
tem
s In
crem
ent
1 ar
chit
ectu
re a
nd s
ubse
quen
t in
crem
ents
. Sen
tine
l pro
vide
s cr
itic
al
air
surv
eill
ance
of t
he N
atio
nal C
apit
al
Reg
ion
and
othe
r ar
eas
as p
art
of
ongo
ing
hom
elan
d de
fens
e ef
fort
s,
and
is a
com
pone
nt o
f the
cou
nter
ro
cket
, art
ille
ry, a
nd m
orta
r (C
-RA
M)
batt
erie
s in
the
are
a of
res
pons
ibil
ity.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Forw
ard
Are
a A
ir D
efen
se (
FAA
D)
Com
man
d an
d C
ontr
ol (
C2),
Sur
face
L
aunc
hed
Adv
ance
d M
ediu
m R
ange
Air
to
Air
Mis
sile
(SL
AM
RA
AM
)
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Fir
st p
rodu
ctio
n of
78
Impr
oved
Sen
tine
ls c
ompl
eted
and
de
liver
ed
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Con
trac
t aw
ard
for
14
Impr
oved
Sen
tine
ls
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
274
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Sent
inel
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
Egyp
t, Tu
rkis
h Ai
r For
ce, T
urki
sh L
and
Forc
es, L
ithua
nia
CONT
RACT
ORS
Thal
es R
ayth
eon
Syst
ems
(Ful
lert
on, C
A;
El P
aso,
TX;
For
est,
MS;
Lar
go, F
L)CA
S, In
c. (H
unts
ville
, AL)
275
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTan
d da
ta c
omm
unic
atio
ns s
uppo
rtin
g gr
ound
, air
-to-
grou
nd, a
nd g
roun
d-to
-ai
r li
ne-o
f-sig
ht c
omm
unic
atio
ns li
nks.
T
he A
SIP
rad
io is
the
new
er v
ersi
on
of t
he S
INC
GA
RS
radi
o. I
t is
sm
alle
r th
an t
he S
IP a
nd w
eigh
s si
gnifi
cant
ly
less
, whi
le s
till
mai
ntai
ning
all
the
fu
ncti
onal
itie
s of
the
SIP
for
back
war
d co
mpa
tibi
lity.
Enh
ance
men
ts in
clud
e th
e E
mbe
dded
gl
obal
pos
itio
ning
sys
tem
(G
PS
) R
ecei
ver
(EG
R)
and
the
radi
o ba
sed
com
bat
iden
tific
atio
n/ra
dio
base
d si
tuat
iona
l aw
aren
ess
(RB
CI/
RB
SA)
capa
bilit
y, w
hich
pro
vide
s th
e w
arfig
hter
wit
h en
hanc
ed s
itua
tion
al
awar
enes
s an
d id
enti
ficat
ion
of fr
iend
ly
forc
es in
tar
gete
d ar
eas.
RB
CI s
erve
s as
a g
ap fi
ller
for
com
bat
iden
tific
atio
n pr
ovid
ing
an in
terr
ogat
ion/
resp
onde
r ca
pabi
lity
to s
atis
fy t
he a
ir-t
o-gr
ound
po
siti
ve id
enti
ficat
ion
of p
latf
orm
s pr
ior
to r
elea
se o
f wea
pons
to
prev
ent
frat
rici
de. R
BSA
add
s a
radi
o be
acon
ing
capa
bilit
y fo
r ev
ery
ASI
P-
equi
pped
pla
tfor
m t
o en
hanc
e th
e B
lue
Forc
e si
tuat
iona
l aw
aren
ess
pict
ure.
T
he I
nter
net
Con
trol
ler
enha
ncem
ents
ad
d im
prov
ed a
ddre
ssin
g ca
pabi
litie
s in
sup
port
of t
acti
cal i
nter
net
enha
ncem
ents
bei
ng p
rovi
ded
by J
oint
inte
rope
rabi
lity.
Cry
pto
mod
erni
zati
on
is a
pro
gram
mab
le c
omm
unic
atio
ns
secu
rity
(C
OM
SEC
) ca
pabi
lity
for
SIN
CG
AR
S th
at w
ill a
llow
the
ra
dios
to
cont
inue
to
prov
ide
secu
re
com
mun
icat
ions
to
the
secr
et a
nd t
op
secr
et le
vel o
f sec
urit
y.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Con
tinu
e to
fiel
d
Dep
art
of t
he A
rmy
guid
ance
to
supp
ort
the
Arm
y C
ampa
ign
Pla
n;
Nat
iona
l Gua
rd, A
rmy
Res
erve
, and
A
ctiv
e A
rmy,
Ope
rati
on E
ndur
ing
Fre
edom
/Ope
rati
on I
raqi
Fre
edom
re
quir
emen
ts a
nd u
rgen
t O
pera
tion
al
Nee
ds S
tate
men
t C
ompe
titi
ve c
ontr
act
awar
d fo
r pr
ocur
emen
t of
SIN
CG
AR
S ra
dios
to
mee
t ap
prov
ed a
cqui
siti
on
obje
ctiv
e (A
AO
) re
quir
emen
t in
FY
09
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Pro
cure
men
t of
SIN
CG
AR
S ra
dios
to
mee
t A
AO
req
uire
men
t in
F
Y09
.F
ield
ing
of
cam
paig
n pl
an fo
r tr
ansf
orm
atio
n of
the
“To
tal-A
rmy”
mod
ular
forc
e th
roug
h F
Y13
MIS
SION
To p
rovi
de jo
int c
omm
ande
rs w
ith a
hi
ghly
relia
ble,
low
-cos
t, se
cure
, and
ea
sily
mai
ntai
ned
Com
bat N
ET R
adio
(C
NR
) tha
t has
bot
h vo
ice
and
data
ha
ndlin
g ca
pabi
lity
in s
uppo
rt o
f tac
tical
co
mm
and
and
cont
rol o
pera
tions
.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Sin
gle
Cha
nnel
Gro
und
and
Air
born
e R
adio
Sys
tem
(SI
NC
GA
RS
) A
dvan
ced
SIN
CG
AR
S Sy
stem
Im
prov
emen
t P
rogr
am (
ASI
P)
radi
o is
the
DoD
/Arm
y m
ulti
-ser
vice
fiel
ded
solu
tion
for
voic
e co
mm
unic
atio
n fo
r pl
atoo
n le
vel a
nd a
bove
, ope
rati
ng
freq
uenc
y ra
nge.
Thi
s ra
dio
prov
ides
th
e ca
pabi
lity
of e
stab
lishi
ng t
wo-
way
com
mun
icat
ions
(in
clud
ing
jam
-res
ista
nce)
usi
ng t
he S
INC
GA
RS
wav
efor
m a
nd p
rovi
des
mul
tim
ode
voic
e
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
276
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Sing
le C
hann
el G
roun
d an
d Ai
rbor
ne
Radi
o Sy
stem
(SIN
CGAR
S)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
Aust
ralia
, Bah
rain
, Cro
atia
, Egy
pt, E
ston
ia,
Finl
and,
Geo
rgia
, Gre
ece,
Hun
gary
, Ire
land
, Ita
ly, K
orea
, Kuw
ait,
Mor
occo
, New
Ze
alan
d, P
ortu
gal,
Saud
i Ara
bia,
SHA
PE
Tech
Cen
ter,
Slov
akia
, Tai
wan
, Tha
iland
, Uk
rain
e, U
zbek
ista
n, Z
imba
bwe
CONT
RACT
ORS
Radi
o de
sign
/pro
duct
ion:
IT
T (F
ort W
ayne
, IN
) Ha
rdw
are
Inst
alla
tion
Kits
:UN
ICOR
(Was
hing
ton,
DC)
Engi
neer
ing
Supp
ort a
nd T
estin
g:
ITT
(Clif
ton,
NJ)
To
tal P
acka
ge F
ield
ing:
CA
CI (E
aton
tow
n, N
J)
277
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
ena
ble
war
fight
ers
and
smal
l uni
ts to
en
gage
targ
ets
with
leth
al fi
re to
def
eat
or d
eter
adv
ersa
ries.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
M24
0B m
achi
ne g
un is
the
gro
und
vers
ion
of t
he o
rigi
nal M
240
mac
hine
gu
n. T
he
M24
0L h
as b
een
Type
Cla
ssifi
ed
for
low
-rat
e pr
oduc
tion
, and
wil
l re
plac
e th
e M
240B
in S
peci
al F
orce
s/R
ange
r, L
ight
Inf
antr
y, a
nd A
irbo
rne
dism
ount
ed u
nits
.
The
one-
man
-por
tabl
e au
tom
atic
wea
pon
that
del
iver
s su
bsta
ntia
l, ef
fect
ive
fire
at r
ange
s ou
t to
1,0
00 m
eter
s.
Impr
oved
bip
ods,
impr
oved
col
laps
ible
bu
ttst
ocks
, lig
htw
eigh
t gr
ound
mou
nts,
an
d im
prov
ed c
omba
t op
tics
hav
e in
crea
sed
the
com
bat
effe
ctiv
enes
s of
th
is w
eapo
n.
The
re
coil-
oper
ated
, air
-coo
led
mac
hine
gu
n. T
he M
2 is
cap
able
of s
ingl
e-
shot
and
aut
omat
ic fi
re a
nd p
rovi
des
supp
ress
ive
fire
for
offe
nsiv
e an
d de
fens
ive
purp
oses
aga
inst
per
sonn
el
and
vehi
cula
r ta
rget
s ou
t to
a
max
imum
ran
ge o
f 2,0
00 y
ards
. It
is
used
pri
mar
ily fo
r ve
hicl
e m
ount
ed
appl
icat
ions
, but
can
als
o be
tri
pod
mou
nted
for
stat
ic d
efen
sive
ope
rati
ons.
The
MK
19, M
od 3
Gre
nade
Mac
hine
G
un is
sel
f-pow
ered
and
air
-coo
led.
met
ers
and
prov
ides
sup
pres
sive
fire
s up
to
2,20
0 m
eter
s. I
t ca
n be
mou
nted
on
var
ious
tra
cked
and
whe
eled
ve
hicl
es, a
nd o
n th
e M
3 tr
ipod
for
stat
ic d
efen
sive
ope
rati
ons.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
field
ing
M24
0L I
niti
al p
rodu
ctio
n ph
ase
M24
9 in
pro
duct
ion
and
field
ing
M2
in p
rodu
ctio
n an
d fie
ldin
g
MK
19 in
Pro
duct
ion
and
Fie
ldin
g
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Con
tinu
e M
240
mac
hine
gun
pr
oduc
tion
and
fiel
ding
Con
tinu
e M
K19
pro
duct
ion
and
field
ing
Con
tinu
e M
240B
Pro
duct
ion
and
field
ing;
Rel
ease
Sol
icit
atio
n fo
r a
new
com
peti
tive
inde
finit
e de
liver
y,
inde
finit
e qu
anti
ty c
ontr
act
Con
tinu
e an
d fie
ldin
gA
war
d M
240L
low
-rat
e pr
oduc
tion
con
trac
t fo
r in
itia
l fie
ldin
g qu
anti
ties
Con
tinu
e M
249
prod
ucti
on
and
field
ing;
rel
ease
sol
icit
atio
n fo
r a
new
com
peti
tive
Ind
efini
te D
eliv
ery,
In
defin
ite
Qua
ntit
y co
ntra
ctC
onti
nue
M2
prod
ucti
on a
nd
field
ing;
aw
ard
new
com
peti
tive
in
defin
ite
deliv
ery,
inde
finit
e qu
anti
ty c
ontr
acts
Con
tinu
e M
K19
pro
duct
ion
and
field
ing;
con
duct
firs
t ar
ticl
e te
sts
unde
r th
e re
cent
ly a
war
ded
inde
finit
e de
liver
y, in
defin
ite
quan
tity
con
trac
ts
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
278
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Smal
l Arm
s–Cr
ew S
erve
d W
eapo
ns
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
M24
0B M
achi
ne G
un: R
oman
ia,
Afgh
anis
tan,
Iraq
, Pan
ama,
Pol
and,
Sau
di
Arab
ia, E
gypt
, Col
ombi
a, a
nd K
enya
M24
9 SA
W: A
fgha
nist
an, C
olom
bia,
Iraq
MK1
9 Gr
enad
e M
achi
ne G
un: C
anad
a,
Colo
mbi
a, D
jibou
ti, H
unga
ry, L
eban
on, a
nd
Pola
ndM
2: P
olan
d
CONT
RACT
ORS
M24
9 SA
W:
Fabr
ique
Nat
iona
l Man
ufac
turin
g, L
LC
(Col
umbi
a, S
C)M
240B
Mac
hine
Gun
: Fa
briq
ue N
atio
nal M
anuf
actu
ring,
LLC
(C
olum
bia,
SC)
MK1
9 Gr
enad
e M
achi
ne G
un:
Gene
ral D
ynam
ics
Arm
amen
t and
Te
chni
cal P
rodu
cts
(GDA
TP) D
ivis
ion
(Sac
o, M
E)Al
liant
Tec
hsys
tem
s, In
c. (M
esa,
AZ)
279
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
ena
ble
war
fight
ers
and
smal
l uni
ts to
en
gage
targ
ets
with
leth
al fi
re to
def
eat
or d
eter
adv
ersa
ries.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
M4
Car
bine
is a
com
pact
ver
sion
stoc
k, a
flat
-top
upp
er r
ecei
ver,
ac
cess
ory
rails
, and
a d
etac
habl
e re
ar a
pert
ure
sigh
t as
sem
bly.
The
The
M32
0 G
rena
de L
aunc
her
Mod
ule
atta
ches
to
the
M4
Car
bine
and
exis
ting
and
impr
oved
40m
m lo
w-
velo
city
am
mun
itio
n. I
t ca
n al
so b
e co
nfigu
red
as a
sta
ndal
one
wea
pon.
The
Sy
stem
att
ache
s to
the
M4
carb
ine
rifle
s an
d fir
es a
ll s
tand
ard
leth
al, n
on-
leth
al, a
nd d
oor-
brea
chin
g 12
-gau
ge
amm
unit
ion.
It
can
also
be
confi
gure
d as
a s
tand
alo
ne w
eapo
n.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
boug
ht o
ut in
FY
10
type
cla
ssifi
ed s
tand
ard,
mat
erie
l re
leas
ed, f
ull-r
ate
prod
ucti
on
init
iate
d.
com
plet
ed
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
cont
inue
pro
duct
ion
and
field
ing
Fir
st u
nit
equi
pped
Sys
tem
:P
rodu
ctio
n qu
alifi
cati
on
test
and
ope
rati
onal
tes
tM
ater
iel r
elea
seF
irst
-uni
t eq
uipp
ed
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
280
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Smal
l Arm
s–In
divi
dual
Wea
pons
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
M4
Carb
ine:
Afg
hani
stan
, Ira
q, C
olom
bia,
Fi
ji, P
hilip
pine
s, J
orda
n, E
l Sal
vado
r, Pa
nam
a, B
ahra
in, T
onga
, Hon
dura
s,
Beliz
e, S
urin
ame,
and
Ken
ya
CONT
RACT
ORS
M4
Carb
ine:
Co
lt’s
Man
ufac
turin
g (H
artfo
rd, C
T)M
320
Gren
ade
Laun
cher
Mod
ule:
He
ckle
r and
Koc
h De
fens
e In
c.
(Ash
burn
, VA)
M26
Mod
ular
Acc
esso
ry S
hotg
un
Syst
em:
Vert
u Co
rp. (
Man
assa
s, V
A)
281
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
pro
vide
Am
eric
a’s
war
fight
ers
with
th
e hi
ghes
t qua
lity,
mos
t cap
able
sm
all
calib
er a
mm
uniti
on fo
r tra
inin
g an
d co
mba
t.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Sm
all C
alib
er A
mm
unit
ion
prog
ram
con
sist
s of
the
follo
win
g
10-g
auge
and
12-
gaug
e sh
otgu
n,
cali
ber.
Sm
all C
alib
er A
mm
unit
ion
A4
rifle
, M4
carb
ine,
M24
9 sq
uad
auto
mat
ic w
eapo
n, M
240
mac
hine
gun
,
rifle
s, a
nd a
var
iety
of s
hotg
uns.
The
.3
0 ca
libe
r bl
ank
cart
ridg
e su
ppor
ts
vete
rans
ser
vice
org
aniz
atio
ns
perf
orm
ing
vete
rans
’ fun
eral
hon
ors.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Smal
l Cal
iber
Am
mun
itio
n is
dep
ende
nt
on t
he w
eapo
ns c
urre
ntly
in u
se.
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
In p
rodu
ctio
n
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Pro
duce
and
del
iver
1.4
bil
lion
cali
ber)
(LF
S)
repl
acem
ent
prog
ram
init
ial
prod
ucti
on Lak
e C
ity
Arm
y A
mm
unit
ion
Pla
nt m
oder
niza
tion
pro
gram
co
mpl
etes
in F
Y12
.
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
282
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Smal
l Cal
iber
Am
mun
ition
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
5.56
mm
, 7.6
2mm
, .50
cal
iber
: Af
ghan
ista
n, C
olum
bia,
Cze
ch R
epub
lic,
El S
alva
dor,
Fran
ce, H
unga
ry, I
ndia
, Ira
q, Is
rael
, Jap
an, J
orda
n, K
enya
, Le
bano
n, P
hilip
pine
s, S
inga
pore
, Th
aila
nd, T
unis
ia, a
nd Y
emen
CONT
RACT
ORS
Allia
nt T
echs
yste
ms
(Inde
pend
ence
, MO
)Ge
nera
l Dyn
amic
s Or
dnan
ce a
nd T
actic
al
Syst
ems
(St.
Pete
rsbu
rg, F
L)Ol
in C
orp.
(Eas
t Alto
n, IL
)Ge
nera
l Dyn
amic
s (S
aint
Mar
ks, F
L)SN
C Te
chno
logi
es (L
eGar
deur
, Can
ada)28
3
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
ena
ble
snip
er te
ams
to e
ngag
e ta
rget
s at
ext
ende
d ra
nges
with
leth
al
forc
e to
def
eat o
r det
er a
dver
sarie
s.
DESC
RIPT
ION
Snip
er s
yste
ms
cons
ist
of t
he fo
llow
ing
thre
e w
eapo
ns a
nd t
heir
acc
esso
ries
:
is a
com
mer
cial
of
f-the
-she
lf a
nti-m
ater
iel a
nd
cali
ber
rifle
. The
rifl
e is
a r
elia
ble,
di
rect
-line
-of-s
ight
wea
pon
syst
em,
capa
ble
of d
eliv
erin
g pr
ecis
e ra
pid
fire
on t
arge
ts o
ut t
o 2,
000
met
ers.
is a
com
mer
cial
sem
i-aut
omat
ic s
nipe
r ri
fle t
hat
is
also
eff
ecti
ve a
gain
st li
ght
mat
erie
l ta
rget
s. C
apab
le o
f rap
id fi
re a
nd
rapi
d re
load
, thi
s su
ppre
ssed
sni
per
rifle
exc
eeds
the
rat
e-of
-fire
and
Syst
em. S
AS
S an
ti-p
erso
nnel
ran
ges
and
accu
racy
are
com
para
ble
to
enha
nced
sni
per
spot
ting
sco
pe.
shot
rep
eati
ng r
ifle
base
d on
the
R
emin
gton
’s M
odel
700
. The
sys
tem
co
nsis
ts o
f the
rifl
e, d
ay o
ptic
sit
e,
iron
sig
hts,
bip
od, d
eplo
ymen
t ki
t,
clea
ning
kit
, sof
t ri
fle c
arry
ing
case
, opt
ic c
ase,
sys
tem
cas
e, a
nd
oper
ator
s m
anua
l. C
ompo
nent
s in
clud
e th
e M
144
spot
ting
sco
pe,
lase
r fil
ter,
flas
h bl
ast
supp
ress
or,
and
anti
-refl
ecti
on d
evic
e. T
he
prim
ary
roun
d of
am
mun
itio
n is
th
e M
118
long
-ran
ge c
artr
idge
. The
m
axim
um e
ffec
tive
ran
ge is
800
m
eter
s.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
to M
107
mai
nten
ance
wor
k or
der
near
ly c
ompl
ete
In p
rodu
ctio
n an
d fie
ldin
gSu
stai
nmen
t
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Pro
cure
men
ts c
ompl
ete:
up
grad
es a
nd fi
eldi
ng n
ear
com
plet
ion
Pro
duct
ion
and
field
ing
ongo
ing
Sust
ain
and
turn
-in u
pon
M11
0 tr
ansi
tion
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
284
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Snip
er S
yste
ms
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
M10
7: T
haila
nd, C
olom
bia,
Ken
ya, A
ustri
a,
Pola
nd
CONT
RACT
ORS
M10
7:
Barr
ett F
irear
ms
Man
ufac
turin
g (M
urfre
esbo
ro, T
N)
M11
0:
Knig
ht’s
Arm
amen
ts C
o. (T
itusv
ille,
FL)
M24
: Re
min
gton
(Ilio
n, N
Y)
285
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
pro
vide
the
com
man
der w
ith a
new
ca
pabi
lity
to s
hape
the
battl
efiel
d,
prot
ect t
he fo
rce,
and
resp
ond
to
chan
ging
bat
tlefie
ld e
nviro
nmen
ts in
a
grad
uate
d m
anne
r whi
le m
inim
izin
g ris
k to
frie
ndly
troo
ps a
nd n
on-c
omba
tant
s.
DESC
RIPT
ION
Spid
er is
a h
and-
empl
aced
, rem
otel
y-co
ntro
lled,
Man
-In-
The
-Loo
p (M
ITL
),
anti
-per
sonn
el m
unit
ion
syst
em. S
pide
r pr
ovid
es m
unit
ion
field
eff
ecti
vene
ss,
but
does
so
wit
hout
res
idua
l life
-th
reat
enin
g ri
sks
afte
r ho
stil
itie
s en
d or
whe
n w
arri
ng fa
ctio
ns d
epar
t.
The
fiel
ding
of t
his
syst
em, w
ith
its
sens
ors,
com
mun
icat
ions
, and
m
unit
ions
, cha
nges
the
way
Sol
dier
s op
erat
e in
an
othe
rwis
e un
pred
icta
ble
batt
lefie
ld. E
ach
mun
itio
n is
con
trol
led
by a
rem
otel
y st
atio
ned
Sold
ier
who
m
onit
ors
its
sens
ors,
allo
win
g fo
r m
ore
prec
ise
(non
-leth
al t
o le
thal
) re
spon
ses—
a si
gnifi
cant
adv
ance
men
t an
d ad
vant
age.
The
sys
tem
’s d
esig
n al
low
s fo
r sa
fe a
nd r
apid
dep
loym
ent,
re
info
rcem
ent,
and
rec
over
y as
wel
l as
saf
e pa
ssag
e of
frie
ndly
forc
es.
Spid
er e
lim
inat
es t
he p
ossi
bilit
y of
an
unin
tend
ed d
eton
atio
n th
roug
h ea
rly
war
ning
and
sel
ecti
ve e
ngag
emen
t of
en
emy
forc
es. S
pide
r is
des
igne
d fo
r st
orag
e, t
rans
port
, rou
gh h
andl
ing,
an
d us
e in
wor
ldw
ide
mil
itar
y en
viro
nmen
ts.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Inte
rfac
e w
ith
Tact
ical
Int
erne
t
Bri
gade
-and
-Bel
ow (
FB
CB2)
and
ob
stac
le p
osit
ioni
ng t
hrou
gh G
PS.
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Fie
ldin
g of
urg
ent
mat
erie
l
Ope
rati
on E
ndur
ing
Fre
edom
(O
EF
)A
war
d co
ntra
ct
mod
ifica
tion
to
proc
ure
up t
o an
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Mat
erie
l rel
ease
/typ
e cl
assi
ficat
ion
stan
dard
Ful
l-rat
e pr
oduc
tion
de
cisi
onF
ull-r
ate
prod
ucti
on
cont
ract
aw
ard
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
286
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Spid
er
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
None
CONT
RACT
ORS
Prim
e:Te
xtro
n De
fens
e Sy
stem
s (W
ilmin
gton
, MA)
Allia
nt T
echs
yste
ms
(Ply
mou
th, M
N)
Subc
ontr
acto
rs:
Allia
nt T
echs
yste
ms
(Roc
ket C
ente
r, W
V)BA
E/Ho
lsto
n (K
ings
port
, TN
)Am
eric
an O
rdna
nce
(Mila
n, T
N)
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