Weapons Acquisition: Precision Guided Munitions in Inventory, Production, andDevelopment

摘要

The military services have bought or are developing for future procurement 33 PGMtypes with over 300,000 individual precision munitions to attack surface targets. The services estimate that when planned development and procurement are complete, the United States will have invested about $58.6 billion (then-year dollars) in the 33 PGM types. The 19 munition types in inventory and production provIde about 130,422 individual munitions at a cost of about $30.4 billion. They are carried on Air Force bombers and fighters and on Navy fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and ships. The 14 munition types in development have a combined estimated acquisition cost of about $28.2 billion and quantities of about 174,446. In addition to the Air Force and Navy platforms cited above, some of these munitions are to be launched from Army platforms, such as the Multiple Launch Rocket System launcher. The developmental munitions are expected to reach first capability (i.e., when the services plan to begin fielding them) between 1996 and 2004. Figure 1 shows the allocation of quantities by service in inventory, production, and development. (KAR) P. 3.