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The Pentagon is researching concepts for an “advanced” hypervelocity projectile as part of the Strategic Capabilities Office's initiative to outfit existing artillery systems with the ability to shoot down ballistic missiles.
The Missile Defense Agency released a request for information on behalf of SCO July 26 seeking input on "advanced HVP concepts in support of future capabilities being considered by the Department of Defense and MDA."
The advanced projectile the SCO seeks would be capable of surviving and operating at "extreme launch velocities . . . for extended ranges," according to the notice. It offers the example of installing an "advanced thermal protection system" on the projectile.
The advanced HVP concepts are being developed in support of "Project Icarus," according to the notice. Project Icarus has not been detailed publicly, and a Pentagon spokesman declined to describe it. The RFI document attached to the notice is classified as For Official Use Only (FOUO) and "Export Controlled Information."
The SCO's Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System has been one of the secretive office's most high-profile projects. The program seeks to modify the Army's Paladin 155 mm howitzers and the Navy's Mk-45 5-inch guns with the ability to shoot smart projectiles for missile defense missions, as well as an extended-range offensive punch. The SCO is also considering advanced powder gun prototypes and the Navy's effort to develop an electromagnetic railgun.
"Cost-effective, large magazine point defense will be demonstrated by closing the fire control loop between existing sensors and prototype projectiles launched from existing families of powder guns," budget documents state regarding the Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System.
Last fall, MDA sought ideas for a fire control sensor to be used as part of the hypervelocity weapon.
The SCO is seeking $67 million in fiscal year 2018 for the Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System, significantly less than the $246 million in funding the program received in FY-17, budget documents show.
The office's FY-18 plans include completing the advanced projectile's design concepts, delivering prototype fire control radar, completing prototype surveillance radar modifications and "conducting increasingly difficult fly-by engagements of live targets," according to the documents.
https://insidedefense.com/daily-news/pentagon-seeks-concepts-advanced-hypervelocity-projectile
The Missile Defense Agency released a request for information on behalf of SCO July 26 seeking input on "advanced HVP concepts in support of future capabilities being considered by the Department of Defense and MDA."
The advanced projectile the SCO seeks would be capable of surviving and operating at "extreme launch velocities . . . for extended ranges," according to the notice. It offers the example of installing an "advanced thermal protection system" on the projectile.
The advanced HVP concepts are being developed in support of "Project Icarus," according to the notice. Project Icarus has not been detailed publicly, and a Pentagon spokesman declined to describe it. The RFI document attached to the notice is classified as For Official Use Only (FOUO) and "Export Controlled Information."
The SCO's Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System has been one of the secretive office's most high-profile projects. The program seeks to modify the Army's Paladin 155 mm howitzers and the Navy's Mk-45 5-inch guns with the ability to shoot smart projectiles for missile defense missions, as well as an extended-range offensive punch. The SCO is also considering advanced powder gun prototypes and the Navy's effort to develop an electromagnetic railgun.
"Cost-effective, large magazine point defense will be demonstrated by closing the fire control loop between existing sensors and prototype projectiles launched from existing families of powder guns," budget documents state regarding the Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System.
Last fall, MDA sought ideas for a fire control sensor to be used as part of the hypervelocity weapon.
The SCO is seeking $67 million in fiscal year 2018 for the Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System, significantly less than the $246 million in funding the program received in FY-17, budget documents show.
The office's FY-18 plans include completing the advanced projectile's design concepts, delivering prototype fire control radar, completing prototype surveillance radar modifications and "conducting increasingly difficult fly-by engagements of live targets," according to the documents.
https://insidedefense.com/daily-news/pentagon-seeks-concepts-advanced-hypervelocity-projectile
