La compa\u00f1\u00eda Northrop Grumman desarrolla los kits de guiado para proyectiles de artiller\u00eda 155mm del US ARMY. Una soluci\u00f3n de bajo costo, los kits del tipo \u201cadd-on\u201d van colocados en el alojamiento de la espoleta del proyectil convencional, manteniendo la funci\u00f3n de esta \u00faltima y realizando adem\u00e1s guiado del proyectil por GPS, lo que permite batir blancos con precisi\u00f3n del orden de los 10m, extraordinario valor dentro del alcance de proyectiles de ese calibre.<\/p>\n
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. \u2013<\/b> U.S. Army explosives experts are looking to Northrop Grumman Corp. to provide precision-guidance<\/a> kits to transform conventional 155-millimeter artillery shells into GPS-guided smart munitions.<\/p>\n Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., announced a $17 million order last week to The Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems segment (formerly Orbital ATK) in Plymouth, Minn., for M1156 precision guidance kits for the Army.<\/p>\n Northrop Grumman\u2019s precision guidance kit (PGK) transforms existing 155-millimeter high-explosive artillery projectiles into affordable satellite-guided precision weapons.<\/p>\n The PGK uses signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS) to guide artillery shells<\/a> to their targets with accuracy of less than 10 meters.<\/p>\n The low-cost reliable, fuze-sized guidance kit installs in the artillery shell’s fuze well and also provides traditional fuze functions for height-of-burst and point detonation, Northrop Grumman officials say.<\/p>\n PGK provides maneuver forces with an organic precision capability that works in all weather conditions, and fills a gap between conventional artillery and smart munitions<\/a> capabilities.<\/p>\n