Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. With a history of innovation spanning 96 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, C5I ™products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. Historical aspects of the proximity fuze program are. The weapon can be rapidly deployed by ground troops and on military platforms, and has been integrated for use on the Apache Attack Helicopter.Ībout Raytheon Raytheon Company, with 2017 sales of $25 billion and 64,000 employees, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. in the development of proximity fuzes for fin-stabilized missiles. The FB40 fuze was designed in accordance with STANAG 4187 and developed and testedin accordance with the criteria of MIL-STD-331. The proximity fuze screwed into the shell, with a portion fitting inside and the top portion forming the nose of the projectile. A point detonating function allows touse the fuze against hard target. It was designed to defeat aircrafts, missiles and small boattargets. Generic term for radio devices which detonated projectiles within lethal range of their targets.An early version was fitted to British rocket weapons in. This electronic ignition device detonates high explosive ammunition, above the ground, thus increasing the artillery system efficiency. The FB40 is a proximity fuze for 40mm L70 HE and PFF ammunition. A proximity fuze (also called a Variable Time (VT) fuze shells using these fuzes can be seen referred to as VT shells) was a fuze designed to detonate an. It's deployed in more than 18 nations and with all four U.S. The Proximity fuze AR-139 is a radio proximity fuze, utilizing the Doppler Effect. With qualification testing complete, the Army can move toward a near-term fielding under an Urgent Materiel Release. Plans call for the new proximity fuze to be integrated into Stinger missiles as part of a Service Life Extension Program to be conducted at the Army's ammunition plant in McAlester, Oklahoma.Ĭombat proven, the Stinger missile has more than 270 fixed- and rotary-wing intercepts to its credit.
"Together with the Army, we are putting the most capable Stinger yet into the hands of our brave men and women on the battlefield." "Equipped with a new proximity fuze, Stinger is an affordable, near-term and proven solution for countering emerging threats in the battlespace," said Kim Ernzen, Raytheon Land Warfare Systems vice president. The new proximity fuze enables the lightweight, self-contained air defense system to destroy a wider array of battlefield threats such as enemy unmanned aircraft systems by detonating the missile's warhead near the target, while maintaining its hit-to-kill capability.