ATK Conducts Successful Test Firing of Medium-Caliber Ammunition With Advanced Air-Burst Fuze
Dec 19, 2001
ATK (Alliant Techsystems)(NYSE: ATK) has conducted a series of successful test firings of an independently developed medium-caliber ammunition round with an advanced air-burst fuze, opening the way for the company to enter the emerging high-explosive air-burst military ammunition market.
During the tests conducted recently at ATK's proving ground near Minneapolis, five 30mm high-explosive air-burst rounds were fired successfully, demonstrating the accuracy of the ammunition in a cannon-fired supersonic application. The rounds were fired at full tactical velocity from a U.S. Marine Corps Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV) barrel, and were inductively programmed to burst at a specific distance from the cannon.
The ammunition's air-burst fuze combines timing and turns-count fuzing technology -- the latter originally developed by ATK for the Objective Individual Combat Weapon, the U.S. Army's next-generation infantry rifle.
"This new family of ATK high-explosive air-burst ammunition supports the U.S. Army's need to become more lethal and mobile as it transforms itself to the fighting force of the 21st century," said Brian See, vice president, technology and quality, ATK Defense Group.
The medium-caliber air-burst ammunition was co-developed by ATK Ammunition Systems Company, Arden Hills, Minn., and ATK Precision Fuze Company, Janesville, Wis., both of which are operating companies within ATK's Defense Group.
ATK is a $1.7 billion aerospace and defense company with leading positions in propulsion, composite structures, munitions, and precision capabilities. The company, which is headquartered in Edina, Minn., employs approximately 11,400 people and has two business groups: Aerospace and Defense. ATK news and information can be found on the Internet at http://www.atk.com/
SOURCE: Alliant Techsystems
Contact: Media, Rod Bitz, +1-952-351-3063, rod_bitz@atk.com, or
Investors, Steve Wold, +1-952-351-3056, steve_wold@atk.com, both of Alliant Techsystems
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