Guided artillery fly-off from Navy 5-inch gun informing new NSFS analysis

摘要

The Navy last summer conducted a fly-off of three different long-range, satellite-guided rounds originally designed for ground forces as part of a continuing analysis to give service leaders options for how to extend the reach of the 5-inch guns on destroyers and cruisers to best support Marine Corps operations ashore. Executed by the program executive officer for integrated warfare systems in late August and early September at White Sands Missile Range, NM, and Yuma Proving Ground, AZ, the Navy looked at Raytheon's N5, a naval variant of its Excalibur 1B artillery munition, BAE Systems and Leonardo's Vulcano round, and a variant of Northrop Armament's Precision Guided Kit.