29 April 2002

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Office of the Project Manager for Combat
Ammunition Systems
Advanced Planning Brief to Industry
29 April 2002
Robert Goldberg David Super CAM IPT
Chair Business Manager for Mortars 973-724-2713
973-724-4209 ltregold_at_pica.army.milgt ltdsuper_at_pica.
army.milgt
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Artillery Munitions
Mr. Bob Goldberg
Cannon Artillery Munitions IPT Chairperson
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Cannon Artillery Munitions (CAM) IPT

• Established in 1998
• Provides Integrated Life Cycle Management and
  Acquisition Planning
• Consists of
• CAM IPT Guidance Group Meets Quarterly
• Tiger Team Action Group Status Biweekly
• Industry Attendance at CAM IPT Meetings
• Secure Web Page for Government and Industry
• Goals
• Focal Point for Cannon Artillery Munitions
• Involve All Stakeholders (Including Other
  Services) As Required
• Provide an Educational Function on life cycle via
  informational briefings, networking
• Total Ownership Cost Reduction (TOCR)
• PM CAS is Management Lead
• Next CAM IPT Meeting June 5 in Rosslyn, VA

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Life Cycle ManagementCannon Artillery Munitions
IPT

• Current Thrusts
• Individual Issues
• Insensitive Munitions Strategy
• Address Shelf Life Requirements
• (I.e., M549A1 Extended Life, etc)
• Evaluate Automated Marking System for Large
  Caliber Projectiles
• Pursue Upgrade of Ammo Stockpile
• (I.e., Low Cost Competent Munitions)
• Evaluate Self Destruct Pyro Fuze

• Mission / Objectives
• Better Products to the Warfighter
• Improved Logistics and Sustainability
• Reduce Total Ownership Cost
• Look into the Future

Strong PMO/ARDEC Insight

• The Artillery Team
• PM-Combat Ammunition Systems (Chair)
• PEO AMMO
• PEO Ground Combat Systems
• USA Operations Support Command (OSC)
• TACOM ARDEC
• USA Field Artillery School
• Army Fuze Mgmt Office
• Logistics RD Activity (AMMOLOG)
• USA Defense Ammunition Center
• US Marine Corps
• USA Soldier, Biological Chemical Command
• Executive Director for Conventional Ammo
• Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS) for Ammunition
• USA Training Doctrine Command
• PM Crusader
• PM Joint Lightweight Howitzer
• PM Paladin
• Benet Weapons Laboratory

Speak with One Voice
Pursue Opportunities with Industry
Government Stakeholders
Get All Stakeholders Industry To The Table
Strong OSC Insight
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CAM IPT Activities

• Extended Range Obturator Retrofit Program
• 155 M549 Retrofit Program Highly Successful
• Material Much Superior to Previously Used Nylon
• Currently Looking to Expand the Benefits to
  Additional ProjectilesM864, M483, M795 and Other
  155mm Rounds
• Will Reduce Tube Wear and thus Prolong Tube Life
• Insensitive Munitions Program for 155mm HE
  Projectiles
• Develop a TNT replacement more insensitive than
  TNT
• 105MM M67 Prop Charge Replacement
• TACOM ARDEC ESP to Replace the Rayon Bag with
  Acrylic
• Replacing M1 Propellant with a Green
  Environmentally Friendly Propellant
• Projectile Marking
• Evaluating Automated Marking System for Ammo
  Projectiles
• South African Denel 105mm 155mm Suite of
  Projectiles
• Evaluating both 105mm and 155mm Projectiles
• ARDEC Arena Tests and Yuma PG Firings

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M864 Recap Program
Program Description
The Existing M864 Projectile

• Field up to 180K like new M864 rounds to the
  Interim Brigade Combat Team (IBCT)
• Approach as a maintenance (Recap) program
• Initially refurbish gt54K unserviceable M864
  rounds
• Maximize component reuse from unserviceable M483
  rounds and surplus M864 metal parts
• Addresses OSD UXO Policy of lt1 by adding grenade
  self destruct fuzing
• Incorporate ERO obturator to extend gun tube life

• Components
• 72 grenades w/ M223 Fuze
• (48) M42s, (24) M46s
• w/ Comp A5 fill
• 2-piece steel projectile body
• M10 Expulsion Charge
• Baseburn Assembly
• Base
• Universal Lifting Plug
• Obturator

M42/M46 Grenade
Status
Schedule

• Conducting Engineering Feasibility Study to
  determine remaining shelf life of components and
  prove out download procedures

Industry Opportunities

• Grenade Self Destruct Fuze
• Load, Assemble and Pack (LAP)
• Metal Parts (Possible)
• Baseburner Assemblies (Possible)
• Industry System Integrator (Possible)

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PM CAS Activities

• XM982 Excalibur is Merging with the Swedish
  Trajectory Correctable Munitions
• Bofors Defence will be part of the Excalibur Team
• 105mm M915 DPICM Projectile
• Type Classified LRIP - March 1998
• Increases 105mm DPICM Range from 11.5 Km to 14.2
  Km
• SDF Reduces Dud Rate from 50/1000 (95) to 1/500
  (99.8)
• Focusing on SDF Battery Production
• M795E1 Extended Range (Base Bleed Design)
• 1.5M FY02 Plus-Up
• No POM Production Funding
• M782 Multi-Option Fuze for Artillery
• FY02-04 Multi-year Buy
• Foreign Interest

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Comments Codes

• FO FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION
• USC U.S. AND CANADA COMPETITION
• SBSA SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE COMPETITION
• OPTION OPTION TO CURRENT CONTRACT
• REQTS REQUIREMENTS TYPE CONTRACT
• PBA PINE BLUFF ARSENAL
• MCAAP MCALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
• MY MULTI-YEAR
• TBD TO BE DETERMINED

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155mm Artillery Components End Items

QTY
QTY OUTYR Nomenclature 02 03 Buys POC Comments M
107 PROJ M107 MPTS 255K 208K YES CH
USC/MY M107 LAP 250K 204K YES GH MY SUPP CHGs
255K 208K YES CH MCAAP LIFTING
PLUGS 255K 208K YES CH SBSA EXPLOSIVE 0
0 YES CH Stock M795 PROJ 27.5K
61K YES RL USC/MY M864 ER PROJ 0 0 YES SH
USC M782 MOFA 139K 136K YES AB USC/MY
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155mm Artillery Components End Items
QTY
QTY OUTYR Nomenclature 02 03 Buys POC
Comments M110A2 SMOKE M110A2 MPTS
7K 10K YES CH USC M1E1 BURSTER
7K 10K YES CH USC CASING M54A1
BURSTER 7K 10K YES CH FO LAP
7K 10K YES CH PBA M804 M804 MPTS 0
4K YES LL USC LAP 0
4K YES LL USC
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105mm Artillery Components End Items
QTY
QTY OUTYR Nomenclature 02 03 Buys POC
Comments M915 DPICM 0 0 YES WV OPTION
(FY04) M1 HE CRIMPED 8K 6K YES CH
FO/REQTS M314A3 ILLUM 6K 6K YES CH
FO/REQTS M1 HE RECAP 0 0
YES LL TBD
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Points of Contact
NAME OFFICE PHONE EMAIL CAM IPT Bob
Goldberg OPM CAS [phone] regold_at_pica.army
.mil CAM OSC Celia Hadden HQ
OSC [phone] haddenc_at_osc.army.mil Tiger
Team John Irizarry OPM CAS [phone] irizar
ry_at_pica.army.mil RD M795 Roy Lindsey OPM CAS
[phone] lindsey_at_pica.army.mil XM982 LTC
Wilson OPM CAS [phone] jwilson_at_pica.army.m
il 155 Recap Steve Hromnak OPM CAS
[phone] shromnak_at_pica.army.mil
M915 William Vogt OPM CAS [phone] wvogt_at_pi
ca.army.mil MOFA Tony Barriero OPM CAS
[phone] tonyba_at_pica.army.mil Procurements
Celia Hadden (CH) AMSOS-PRA [phone] haddenc_at_
osc.army.mil Gene Harrison (GH) AMSOS-CCM-L (309)
782-3191 harrisong_at_osc.army.mil Roy Lindsey (RL)
OPM CAS [phone] lindsey_at_pica.army.mil Will
iam Vogt (WV) OPM CAS [phone] wvogt_at_pica.a
rmy.mil Steve Hromnak (SH) OPM CAS
[phone] shromnak_at_pica.army.mil Tony
Barriero (AB) OPM CAS [phone] tonyba_at_pica.a
rmy.mil
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Mortar Systems
Mr. David Super
Business Manager, PM Mortars
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Bottom Line
We are a Critical Lethality Provider to the
Armys Transformation METL
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Who We Are
FCS
60MM
81MM
120MM
120MM Heavy
120MM BCT
Life Cycle Activity
Munitions
Fire Control
Personnel 30 Core, 6 Matrix, 10 Contract Support
49 Open Contracts
21 BLIN
Germany
Canada
Switzerland
POM 02-07 1.17B
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U.S. Army Mortar Family of Conventional Ammunition
12 rounds currently in production
60mm, 81mm 120mm
Over 500M budgeted for the next 6 years
Visible Light Illumination
High Explosive Multi-Option Fuze (Combat Round)
Infrared Illumination
High Explosive Point Detonation Fuze (Training)
Full Range Training Round
Smoke
Short Range Training Round
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Future Systems
Light Forces Concept

• Add 120mm mortar to Light Divisions at BN level
• Provides BN CDR flexibility through full
  spectrum of conflict
• Current systems 827
• Projected fielded 120mm systems 1143

Future Goals

• Reduce mortar family caliber from 3 to 2
• 30 to 50 reduction in system weight
• Increase system range and lethality
• Maintain Rate of Fire

120MM
60MM
81MM
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Precision Guided Mortar Munition Key Performance
Parameters
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PM Mortars Overarching Ammunition Acquisition
Strategy

• Best Value Competition focused on quality
• Primarily Multiple Year contracts
• Priced Options
• Quantity Ranges
• Looking to expand use of Multi-year contracts
  where feasible
• Multi-year floor
• Options for program changes
• Active partnership between Government
  Engineering Team Suppliers
• Continuous evolutionary product improvement
• Achieve economy/standardize/insert technology
  throughout mortar ammo family

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PM Mortars Overarching Ammunition Acquisition
Strategy (Cont)

• PM Mortars Acquisition Strategy Yields
• 120mm M934A1 HE Insensitive Munition
• XM784/XM785 Electronic Time Fuze MC
• Black Powder Alternative
• Black Powder Coating
• 81mm HE Insensitive Munition
• 120mm Smoke Training Round

Ongoing Production Contracts
Product/Process Improvements
For Mortar Ignition Cartridge
New This Year
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PM Mortars FY02 and FY03 Contract Actions
FY03
FY02
New
Contracts
Arsenal Work
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Orders
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Options/Mods
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Total Value 125M
Total Value 131M
Includes mortar ammo, weapon, fire control
procurement actions
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PM Mortars Planned Procurements M734A1

• M734A1 Multi Option and M783 PD Delay Fuze
• Minimum Floor/High Ceiling for Quantities
• Limited to US and Canada
• Multiple Year or Multi-Year (TBD)
• Expected RFP Release Date Nov 02
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PM Mortars Planned Procurements CONFIRE

• Confire (Consolidated Fire Control)
• Full and Open Competition
• Hybrid Task Order Contract
• Firm Fixed Price and Time Materials
• Period of Performance 5 Years
• RFP Release end of May 2002
• Anticipated Award September 2002
• Guaranteed minimum value of 100K
• Scope
• Addresses all aspects of the mortar fire
  control program life cycle
• Initial Task MBC Light Ruggedized Computer

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OSC Managed FY03 Procurements

• M888 60mm HE w/M935 Fuze (QTY 18.4K)
• LAP American Ordnance - Milan
• Prop Charge American Ordnance - Milan
• Ignition Cartridge American Ordnance -
  Milan
• M935 Fuze U.S. Canada, limited
  competition
• M204 Container Non-Competitive - ARMTEC
• Shell Body Small Business Set Aside
• Fin Assembly Small Business Set Aside
• M853A1 81mm Visual Light Illumination (QTY
  1.5K)
• LAP Pine Bluff Arsenal
• Prop Charge American Ordnance - Milan
• Ignition Cartridge American Ordnance -
  Milan
• M772 Fuze Non-Competitive - Junghans
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PM Mortars POCs

• PM Mortars (SFAE-AMO-IFM)
• LTC Larry Hollingsworth, PM, Mortars - (973)
  724-3636
• hollings_at_pica.army.mil DSN 880-3636
• Patricia Felth, Deputy PM, Mortars -
  [phone]
• felth_at_pica.army.mil DSN 880-6059
• John Slivovsky, Ammo Division Chief - (973)
  724-6059
• slivovsk_at_pica.army.mil DSN 880-6059
• Dave Super, Business Manager - [phone]
• dsuper_at_pica.army.mil DSN 880-4209
• HQ, MAC (AMSOS-PRM)
• Ray McMillin, Mortar Chief [phone]
• mcmillinr_at_osc.army.mil DSN 793-3257

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Summary

• Working Life Cycle Acquisition Logistic Issues
  with Industry
• Savings Through Best Value Competition Focused on
  Quality
• Leveraging Ongoing Production Programs to
  Continuously Improve Combat Ammunition
• Ensures That War Reserve Is Comprised of Most
  Effective Rounds
• Working to Qualify, Produce, Field Advanced
  Munitions
• Industry Opportunities in Artillery Mortar
  Systems Acquisition
• 155mm Production Recapitalization
• M782 MOFA, M734a1multi Option, M783 PD Delay Fuze
  Production
• CONFIRE Flexible Means to Horizontally
  Integrate, Field, Improve and Sustain Superior
  Mortar Fire Control Systems

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