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Article: Precision guidance kits (PGKs): improving the accuracy of conventional cannon rounds.
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- FA Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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The near future holds technology that will improve the accuracy of conventional cannon projectiles, or "dumb" rounds, significantly without the high cost required of precision-guided munitions (PGMs), such as Excalibur unitary and others under development for cannon artillery. PGKs employ this technology to improve the accuracy of 155-mm and, eventually, 105-mm conventional cannon rounds. PGK uses a fuze-like global positioning system (GPS) capability to improve the rounds' accuracy down to 50 meters or less circular error probable (CEP) at all ranges. Increment 1 155-mm PGK is projected for fielding in FY09.
This article explains the PGK requirement, benefits ...