AUSA Day Special Show Coverage 2 Defense Daily® Raytheon Developing New Variants of Day 2 • Tuesday • Combat-proven Excalibur October 14, 2014 By Ann Roosevelt Schedule Of Events Excalibur has revolutionized cannon artillery, making it possible to 0730-1700 engage targets precisely at long ranges while avoiding collateral damage, and AUSA REGISTRATION DESK Raytheon [RTN] is moving on more precise projectiles and a potential Navy Convention Center East and West Registration 0730-1700 variant, a company official said. AUSA TICKET PICKUP OPEN Excalibur was originally fielded Convention Center West Registration in the mid-2000s to meet an urgent 0800-0900 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY VIP INDUSTRY need in Iraq and Afghanistan. NETWORKING BREAKFAST The earlier 1a1 and ia2 versions Room 150 A (By invitation only) 0800-1100 have had successful deployments RETIREE AND VETERAN AFFAIRS and met with “rave reviews,” said COMMITTEE MEETING Paul Daniels, Raytheon Excalibur Room 103 B Excalibur Photo: Raytheon 0800-1100 Business Development manager. CHAPTER PRESIDENTS AND DELEGATES The latest variant, ib, developed over the past couple of years, was WORKSHOP Room 207 A and B approved in June for full rate production. 0830-0930 With ib in full rate production, the Army is looking beyond current CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS BREAKFAST theaters of war and how this weapon will be employ in future, Daniels said. Room 146 A, B, and C (By invitation only) 0830-1100 The program is exceeding all its key performance parameters in range, per- THE SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ARMY’S formance, reliability and lethality. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM Room 152 A and B “We’ve heard government employees in the acquisition business, OSD 0900-1100 level and the Army, call it a ‘model’ program,’” he said. Not because it’s ARMY STAFF SENIOR WARRANT OFFICER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM perfect but because there’s a strong government industry team that when Room 150 B challenges are encountered, they are quickly and effectively prevented from 0900-1500 knocking the program off track. SMALL BUSINESS SEMINAR Room 201 While the first Excalibur projectiles were required in a hurry, the Army 0900-1700 accepted lower reliability, within 10 meters of the target, and the shell could EXHIBITS OPEN Halls A, B, C, D and E reach out about 24 km, Daniels said. “Since then, were are now averaging 0900-1700 less than 2 meters miss distance from the target, if not hitting it directly. 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Room 145 A and B In the past, fire had to be adjusted, taking time and multiple projectiles. 1000-1200 ILW CONTEMPORARY MILITARY FORUM Meanwhile targets rarely stay still and wait. For high value targets that Room 151 A and B can move quickly, the Army wants to respond fast with immediate effects 1000-1200 further out. “A huge change, he said. ILW CONTEMPORARY MILITARY FORUM – DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY The precision means it can hit one building in an urban environ- SEMINAR ment not several, reducing potential civilian and infrastructure damage. Room 147 A and B 1130-1215 The maneuverable projectile can be shot off-set, not directly at a target, DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER RECEPTION so it can go around friendly forces or villages and it will maneuver back Halls A, B, C, D and E (ID badge required) to the target. 1230 DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER LUNCHEON Logistics are “tremendously reduced” when prosecuting a mission Ballroom (Ticket/ID badge required) with one or two projectiles instead of 10-30. 1300-1600 AUSA MILITARY FAMILY FORUM II Raytheon today is “not resting on its laurels, but thinking about Room 207 A and B what kind of capability is needed next, and developing an Excalibur S 1400–1500 MILITARY RETIREMENT PLANNING SEMINAR and a Navy variant, the N5,” he said. Both are internal R&D funded Room 103 B programs. 1430-1600 The Excalibur S program is working on a laser guided variant, DIRECTOR, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SEMINAR which will allow the user to redirect the flight of the projectile with a Room 145 A and B laser designator, either on the ground or airborne. If the target moves the 1500-1600 ILW CONTEMPORARY MILITARY FORUM – laser can put a spot on the target and still achieve the mission, he said. DHS BREAKOUT SESSION Successful Yuma tests in early May saw the projectile fired to a grid Room 204 C location, and then if the target wasn’t where expected, it had to hand off 1500-1700 ILW CONTEMPORARY MILITARY FORUM from GPS guidance and maneuver via laser guidance to the target. This Room 151 A and B is something that has to happen very fast, particularly if shooting over 1500-1700 ILW CONTEMPORARY MILITARY FORUM a short distance. Room 147 A and B The semi-active laser guided projectile also addresses Defense 1500-1700 Department concerns over the availability of GPS and the proliferation CSM, OCAR BREAKOUT SESSION Room 150 A of jammers. If GPS is lost, there is still the laser alternative. 1500-1700 Raytheon is still doing some internal work to make sure of the CHAPTER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING design and technology, and now is having discussions with potential Room 208 B customers about the next step, Daniels said. There’s a lot of interest on 1600-1700 the international side to have the ability to employ a precision muni- CSM, ARNG BREAKOUT SESSION Room 150 B tion. Another benefit of the dual mode projectile is that it can get close enough so when the seeker turns on it can see the energy spot on a target and provide the needed precision. “This allows you mitigate target location error,” he said. Additionally, Raytheon is working on Excalibur N5. 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The projectile is in production, all the suppliers are up and running, the team is established, and production lines can be leveraged. There’s a lot of common- ality, especially on guidance and navigation—the brains of the projectile. It’s a huge deal to get electronics to survive the environment of gunfire, he said.