System integration of the XM29 combat rifle: results and program status

Eric Brindley; Jack Lillie; Pete Plocki; Robert Volz

doi:10.1117/12.610574

31 May 2005 System integration of the XM29 combat rifle: results and program status

Eric Brindley, Jack Lillie, Pete Plocki, Robert Volz

Proceedings Volume 5783, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXI; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.610574
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

At the time of the 2004 SPIE Defense and Security Symposium the optical, electrical and mechanical components of the fire control system for the PDRR program phase of the XM29 combat rifle were being delivered and the build of the systems was about to begin. In the following four months the hardware was integrated and extensively tested in both laboratory and field environments. Fully tested fire control units were delivered to Alliant Techsystems (ATK) in August '04. The XM25 rifles, the weapons for delivering the 25 mm High Explosive Air Burst (HEAB) rounds of the XM29 system, were delivered to Alliant a few weeks later. After only twenty days the weapon, fire control, system battery and ammunition system components were successfully integrated and the first demonstration of air burst fuzing of the 25 mm high explosive rounds was conducted successfully. This paper presents test results for the 2&1/2 lb fire control system with its 25-μm uncooled thermal imager, direct view optics, laser rangefinder and low power fuzing electronics. The paper also discusses the HEAB testing and provides an update on the XM29 program and the progress towards a Milestone B decision.

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Eric Brindley, Jack Lillie, Pete Plocki, and Robert Volz "System integration of the XM29 combat rifle: results and program status", Proc. SPIE 5783, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXI, (31 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.610574

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