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GD Partners with ST Kinetics To Produce Air Burst Ammunition

Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

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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…

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