:

GD Partners with ST Kinetics To Produce Air Burst Ammunition

Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

SHARE:

GD Partners with ST Kinetics To Produce Air Burst Ammunition

An MK19 Grenade Machine Gun in use, a launcher the Nammo 40mmx53 HV AirBurst round is designed for. Photo: U.S. Army.

General Dynamics [GD] has entered into a strategic agreement with Advanced Material Engineering Pte Ltd (AME) to manufacture 40mm Air Burst Ammunition for the U.S. military, the company said on Wednesday. The 40mm airburst ammunition uses a programmable, time-based fuse technology. This computes and programs the detonation time into the fuze. When the ammunition is fired, the fuze counts down to zero, detonating at the intended target. It can be fired from existing U.S. Army grenade launchers like the…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]