BAE Systems successfully tests guided projectile
March 29 2023 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
In partnership with the U.S. Army, BAE Systems successfully
fired a Sub-Caliber Artillery Long-Range Projectile with Enhanced
Lethality, the company’s concept for the U.S. Army’s XM1155
sub-caliber program, from a 155 mm XM907E2 58 caliber cannon and
impacted a fixed target beyond ranges previously demonstrated by
other precision guided projectiles fired from the same type of
cannon. The test at White Sands Missile Range, used a U.S.
Army-designed sabot package and confirmed the projectile’s
compatibility with the 155 mm Extended Range Cannon Artillery
(ERCA) Howitzer Test Bed and propelling charges.
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BAE Systems' concept for the U.S. Army's
XM1155 sub-caliber program fires from a 155 mm XM907E2 58 caliber
cannon (USA Photo). (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army)
“This successful test confirms our Sub-Caliber Artillery
Long-Range Projectile with Enhanced Lethality can defeat long-range
targets and advance to follow-on testing out to double the range of
existing guided projectile and with sensors to find fixed and
moving targets of interest,” said Brent Butcher, vice president and
general manager of Weapon Systems at BAE Systems. “We are confident
that the projectile is on track to provide the Army the best
munitions solution for cannon artillery with a leap ahead
capability that will bring a highly lethal, maneuverable projectile
to soldiers on the battlefield.”
BAE Systems’ concept for the U.S. Army’s XM1155-SC program is an
advanced, cannon-launched projectile under development for the
defeat of fixed and moving targets in contested environments at
more than double the range of existing cannon launched precision
guided munitions (PGM). The latest PGM in the Hypervelocity
Projectile family of munitions, the concept was developed to
penetrate and destroy adversary defenses through increased range,
advanced guidance, lethality, and survivability. The projectile
addresses the Army’s modernization goals for a long-range precision
fires munitions solution.
For the past several years, BAE Systems has invested in the
innovation, development and testing of advanced long-range
precision fires solutions and has completed more than 100 PGM
tests. In early 2022, the predecessor to the XM1155-SC concept, BAE
Systems’ Extended Range Hypervelocity Projectile (HVP-ER)
successfully destroyed a target at a range of more than 110
kilometers.
BAE Systems is currently under contract with the U.S. Army to
develop and test the projectile as part of the Army’s XM1155
Extended Range Artillery Projectile program.
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