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43rd Gun & Missile Conference
Guided MLRS Electronic Safety & Arming Devices (ESAD) & Electronic Safety &
Arming Fuze (ESAF)
Presented by: Mr Perry SalyersApril 2008
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Agenda
• Introduction• MLRS Overview• M30 Guided MLRS DPICM• Guided MLRS Unitary (6” ESAF)• M31 Guided MLRS Unitary (3” ESAF)• Conclusion
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Guided MLRS USA And Foreign Partners
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MLRS Background• MLRS family of munitions includes three rockets
and four missiles with others in development• 13 feet long and 9 inches in diameter• Tube-launched, spin-stabilized, free-flight
projectile• Range is a function of launcher elevation• Latest designs utilize canards to correct the
trajectory during the flight and rolling fins to provide stability
• Assembled, checked, and packaged in a dual-purpose launch-storage tube at the factory
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GMLRS Operation
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Evolutions in MLRS Rockets
1992M26A1 ER-MLRS
2001M30 GMLRS DPICM
1979M26 MLRS
2004XM31 GMLRS Unitary
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Evolutions in MLRS Fuzing1979M445 1992
M451
2001GMLRS DPICM ESAD
2004GMLRS Unitary ESAF
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M30 Guided MLRS (DPICM)• Began EMD in 1999• Grew from need for increased range and accuracy
– GPS aided inertial guidance package– Control actuation system– Spinning tail fins– Canards provide basic maneuverability
• Maximum range 60+ km• Accuracy measured in meters• Enhanced anti-jam capabilities• Dispenses 404 M101 DPICM Submunitions• Decreases number of rockets to defeat targets by as much as
80%• New Fuze – GMLRS ESAD
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Rocket Motor Case & Skin
Center Core Bursterwith Grenades w/Self-Destruct Fuze
Guidance Section (IMU + GPS)
Spinning Tail Fins
Control Actuation System
Battery
Nose Cap
Electronic Safeand Arming Device
Warhead Skin
Battery
CAS GS ESAD
The Guided MLRS DPICM Rocket Design
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ESADUmbilical
GPS AntennaGuidance
Set
Control Actuation Set
DPICM Round: Guidance and Control Section
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• Replaced electro-mechanical fuze with In-Line Electronic Safe and Arm Device (ESAD)
• Design meets MIL-STD-1316D and STANAG 4187
• High voltage generation needed due to removal of mechanical interrupters
• Uses solid state high voltage switch (NMCT)• Safety environments – changed from setback
and ram air to umbilical disconnect and acceleration
• Utilizes MEMS accelerometer• First motion and safe separation verification • Sequencing and acceleration for time
Guided MLRS (DPICM) ESAD
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Guided MLRS (DPICM) ESAD
• External Low Energy EFI (LEEFI) used– Designed in Unison by China Lake, Reynolds Systems
and Silicon Designs – The LEEFI Has Been Qualified by China Lake IAW MIL-
DTL-23659– Specific Tests Designed to Demonstrate the Initiator
Meets a Reliability of 0.99 at a 95% Confidence Level Were Performed
• Serial interface– Overhead safety timer can be programmed in launcher– Provides real time status of events
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Guided MLRS (DPICM) ESAD• Arm/fire command issued prior to desired detonation point• Fuzing Modes: Arm/Fire• Increased shelf life & reliability over mechanical system
– No mechanical parts– Hermetically sealed housing
• Increased testability– Can be fully tested on bench to verify proper operation
• Qualified in 2002• > 2300 Delivered to date
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6 Inch Unitary ESAF Warhead Design
• KDI developed and qualified a variant of the DPICM Round ESAD for use on the Unitary Warhead
• Unit was developed and fielded in < 1 year
Bulkhead Mounted Fuze Well
ESAD
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M31 Guided MLRS Unitary• October 2003 - Lockheed Martin awarded an SDD contract
for 86 unitary variant rockets; incorporates new 3” ESAF• May 2005 - First units delivered - accelerated following a US
Army Urgent Need statement• Aug 2005 - Unitary variant began field testing in Iraq• Sep 2005 - First GMLRS unitary rockets fired in combat
operations by 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery (3-13 FA), 214th Field Artillery Brigade
• > 2100 Produced to date• Today, GMLRS unitary is the Army’s only surface-fired,
precision, longer range indirect fire munition available to troops in contact in an urban environment
• Affectionately referred to as the “70km sniper round”
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M31 Guided MLRS Unitary
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Unitary Warhead Design
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3” Fuzewell ESAF Warhead Design
3 Inch FuzewellFuzing Modes
•PD•Delay•Proximity
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GMLRS Unitary ESAF• Tri mode fuze functionality – proximity,
impact, and impact with delay• Design compatibility with MIL-STD-
1316E and STANAG 4187• GMLRS (DPICM) ESAD was baseline
design• Added internal impact switches• Added external impact switch fire input• Added proximity sensor interface• Impact survivability
– Survives high g longitudinal loads– Settable detonation delay time
• Safety Environments – Umbilical disconnect and acceleration
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GMLRS Unitary ESAF
• Serial Communications to set overhead safety time, detonation delay time, function mode, receive arm command and provide status during test and flight
• Proximity sensor interface– Selectable HOB– High approach velocities
• Fits 3” fuze well• Designed to be insensitive munitions (IM)
compliant• Qualified 2006
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GMLRS Proximity Sensor Location
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3” Fuze Exploded View
Booster Assy
Explosive Transfer Block Assy
Electronics Assy
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Conclusion
• MLRS program has evolved over the last 30 years– MLRS improvements have focused on upgrading
launcher responsiveness and enhancing the range and precision of its munitions over the last 10+ years
– Increased range – from 30km to 70km+– Improved lethality and reduced collateral damage by
changing submunitions / warhead – DPICM, Unitary– Systems have adapted to evolving technology –
GPS/INS, control systems, Fire Control, Fuzingimprovements
• Program team always focused on delivering weapon to meet war fighters needs - “one round, one kill capability”