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| 2015
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Raytheon to provide new PERM guided mortar munition to the U.S. Marine Corps
Raytheon Missile systems will provide precision guided mortar bombs to the US Marine Corps, under a contract worth $98 million awarded this week by the Pentagon. The contract with the U.S. Marine Corps has a maximum 60-month effective period, with five 12-month ordering periods. Raytheon’s PERM team has partnered with Israeli Military Industries to provide the weapon systems. As such, 39% of the work will be performed in Israel by IMI and its subcontractors.
     
Raytheon to provide new PERM guided mortar munition to the US Marine Corps 640 001Precision Extented Range Munition (PERM)
     
The new 120mm PERM will increase the range of the EFSS (Expeditionary Fire Support Systems), enabling Marines to hit targets up to 10 miles away compared to the current range of five. PERM also expands EFSS’ abilities to conduct expeditionary operations while minimizing collateral damage and increasing first-round effects against high-value targets.

EFSS consists of two Internally Transportable-Light Strike Vehicles carrying a mortar tube and ammunition supply that can be moved as a single package in the belly of an MV-22B Osprey or slung under a CH-53E Super Stallion. EFSS can be deployed aboard amphibious ships with a small logistics footprint or inserted vertically by the MV-22 Osprey. Once ashore EFSS provides sustained, responsive, 24/7 artillery support with a highly lethal suite of munitions.

Currently in testing, PERM is expected to be delivered in fiscal year 2018 with a total munitions requirement of 3,113 rounds. PERM munitions were employed in field tests in mountainous firing range, validating the munitions’ maximum and minimum range performance, with demonstrated accuracy levels exceeding the services’ requirements.

A unique capability, provided by the efficient aerodynamic design combining tail fins and flaps in the mid-body, enables complex trajectory shaping techniques enabling the round to hit target in steep reverse slopes in mountainous terrain – a task that is often impossible to accomplish by other projectiles, using ballistic trajectory.

MCSC oversees the development, acquisition and lifecycle logistics of Marine Corps ground weapon and information technology system programs.

These smart munitions comprise IMI’s ‘Pure Heart’ as their ‘brain’ that matches a powerful digital processor and guidance systems, with Raytheon’s GPS based navigation solution, all packed in a compact, lightweight case designed to endure extremely high loads.

The Marine Corps plans to field the new round in 2018.
 

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