XM1111 Mid-Range Munition - MRM-CE

MRM-CE

The missile/projectile is to be a high-velocity multiple-mission projectile for line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight shots. In line of sight, it would operate using laser guidance or an uncooled imaging infrared seeker (IIR). In BLOS, the shell would be fired in a ballistic arc, and would glide to seek out its own targets. The BLOS mission can be autonomous or use FO directed target designation.

Mid-Range Munition incorporates proven technology using a dual-mode seeker suite comprising an imaging infrared sensor and a digital semi-active laser seeker. The dual-mode seeker was developed and successfully demonstrated during a two-year, Army-managed science and technology program. MRM-CE refines seeker technology developed as part of the XM1007 Tank Extended Range Munition (TERM) program.

For a beyond-line-of-sight mission, the chemical energy warhead is a better solution; with proven lethality against the primary target of threat armor, and better effects against the secondary targets of buildings, fortifications and light armor than a less versatile kinetic energy penetrator.

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