IAI to Present TopGun, a Course Correction Fuze, at Eurosatory
Jun 8, 2010
TopGun Fuze
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will unveil a series of effective and affordable weapon systems at this year's Eurosatory Symposium & Exhibition in Paris, June 14th-18th, 2010 (Booth E-700). These systems share the common vision of affordability and precision, transforming "statistical" artillery into precision weapons. IAI's vision of future weapon systems stresses the ability to create highly precise systems that enable the support fire elements to do their jobs faster, more accurately and with much less collateral damage.
One of the IAI's new weapon systems is TopGun– a GPS/INS course correction fuze for 155 mm artillery projectiles.
TopGun converts a standard 155 mm artillery round into a precision-guided projectile, without significantly altering firing routines, using GPS and guided by 4 fins fitted to the fuze. The accuracy of projectiles equipped with TopGun, which is mounted on the artillery round, is 20 m CEP (Circular Error Probable), regardless of range – unlike any other round.
TopGun is very cost-effective, significantly decreasing the amount of ammunition needed to successfully strike the target. As a result, TopGun helps to minimize the supply budget, and allows artillery units to complete more missions with greater effectiveness.
Uri Sinai, General Manager of IAI's MLM Division, noted: "Using our extensive experience in developing missile systems, we took this technological challenge upon ourselves. The relatively small size of the fuze required developing cutting-edge miniaturization and ruggedizing technologies, in order to withstand the extreme conditions of artillery fire, including acceleration and spin of artillery rounds. IAI has once again proven its ability to meet the needs of the IDF and supply first-class weaponry."