Tag Archives: airburst

General Dynamics and Singapore Technologies Kinetics Team To Produce Airburst Munitions For The U.S. Military

Posted on Saturday, 22 November, 2014 by twobirdsflyingpub

The 40mm airburst ammunition can be fired from existing US Army grenade launchers such as the Mk19and MK47.                         MK-19                                                                 MK-47 The munition uses a programmable timed fuse technology that computes and programs the detonation time into the fuse. Once … Continue reading →

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General Dynamics ATP’s MK47 40mm Grenade Launcher

Posted on Thursday, 29 May, 2014 by twobirdsflyingpub

While at SOFIC 2014, I had the opportunity to visit with General Dynamics. If you’re unfamiliar with the company you really should remedy that because they’re an amazing outfit. They’ve done a lot of work for us in the past … Continue reading →

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ATK Has Received the XM25 System Contract.

Posted on Wednesday, 12 September, 2012 by twobirdsflyingpub

The folks at ATK have reason to cheer.  The company announced September 12th that it received an engineering and manufacturing development contract modification from the US Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier for its XM25, Individual Semi-Automatic Airburst System. The $16.8 … Continue reading →

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