Orbital ATK Signs $23 Million Full-Rate Production Contract for Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze
January 03 2018 - 8:53AM
Business Wire
U.S. Air Force Award Enables Advanced
Technology to Support On-Going Operations
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies, announced today that it has signed its first
full-rate production (FRP) contract for its revolutionary
all-electronic FMU-167/B Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze (HTVSF).
Contracted through the U.S. Air Force, the $23 million award is a
follow-on FRP order to the low-rate initial production contract
awarded in 2016.
The HTVSF is an advanced technology, intelligent, cockpit
programmable fuze that provides the capability to destroy hard and
deeply buried targets. It provides multiple delay arming and
detonation times, as well as a void-sensing function, which allows
precision activation of the fuze. Since entering limited production
last year, the FMU-167/B has been rigorously tested and evaluated
and has demonstrated exceptional survivability, reliability and
accuracy of detonation in penetrating weapons.
“As threats continue to develop stronger and deeper buried
facilities, they are developing greater challenges for conventional
munitions,” said Pat Nolan, Vice President and General Manager of
the Missile Products division, part of Orbital ATK’s Defense
Systems Group. "With the completion of this award we can begin
building what we believe is a key capability for our armed forces
and allies."
As an industry leader in advanced intelligent and hard-target
impact survivable fuzing technology, Orbital ATK developed the
all-electronic FMU-167/B to fill a specialized and growing need in
penetrating weapons. The FMU-167/B incorporates advanced sensors,
robust algorithms and hardened electronics technology to offer the
warfighter improved performance against tactical targets. The HTVSF
is intended to be used with the current inventory of US DoD
air-delivered penetrating weapons.
Orbital ATK’s Defense Systems Group is an industry leader in
providing innovative and affordable precision and strike weapons,
advanced propulsion and hypersonics, missile components across
air-, sea- and land-based systems, ammunition and related energetic
products.
About Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK is a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies. The company designs, builds and delivers space,
defense and aviation systems for customers around the world, both
as a prime contractor and merchant supplier. Its main products
include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile
products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons,
armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space
components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Orbital ATK employs
approximately 13,000 people across the U.S. and in several
international locations. For more information, visit
www.orbitalatk.com.
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