Quick Kill

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Quick Kill
Place of origin United States
Production history
DesignerRaytheon[1]
Specifications

Quick Kill is an

U.S. Army. The Quick Kill system was part of the United States Army's Future Combat Systems
.

Design

Quick Kill takes out an RPG in a test in October 2007

Quick Kill detects incoming

JLTV would not be suitable for the Quick Kill APS, due to the blast pressures generated when the incoming warhead detonates, which is likely to buckle lightly armored vehicles.[3] The system's vertical launch countermeasure is unique in its ability to engage threats fired from any angle or elevation, providing all weather, full 360-degree hemispherical vehicle and crew protection with each countermeasure. The system has demonstrated its ability to defeat multiple threat types by defeating two simultaneous threats.[4] Strengths of the Quick Kill include its reliable radar and interceptors that launch upward before diving, directing their blasts downward rather than sideways, reducing the chance of wounding accompanying troops; however, being basically a miniaturized missile defense system, the system is expensive and complex.[5]

Testing

On Feb 8, 2006, Raytheon issued a press release stating that their "Quick Kill System [was] the first active protection system (APS) to destroy a rocket propelled grenade (

Arena Active Protection System) protected against KONKURS ATGMs and RPG-type weapons.[7]

Controversy

There was some controversy when the United States

Institute for Defense Analysis
found Quick Kill to be relatively immature and had significant development risks. Important components such as the radar were not yet fully developed and testing of the system as a whole was on hold while the warhead was redesigned. They also found Trophy, which uses a shotgun-like kill mechanism, to be the most mature of the 15 systems they analyzed.

Status

According to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report issued June 8, 2007, the Army estimated that Quick Kill could be available for prototype delivery to current force vehicles in fiscal year 2009 and tested on an FCS vehicle in 2011.[9] Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, a top Army acquisition official, testified to Congress that Quick Kill would be ready to "hang on a vehicle in about 2008" and that the Army was already beginning to do integration work to put the system on the Stryker; this was roughly the same time frame as Trophy. Sorenson also said they were concerned about Trophy's high weight, high power draw, lack of reload capability (which it now has), lack of 360 degree protection (also a problem that was taken care of), and higher probability of collateral damage to civilians. Raytheon reported May 22, 2007 that it had delivered its radar on time and on budget. Jane's Defence Weekly reported on Oct 18, 2007 that the US Army had ordered design changes to the Quick Kill system after some rocket motors in an APS interceptor showed 'splittage' in recent testing that summer.

In December 2012, the Quick Kill active protection system defeated an extended set of threats, including one of the most lethal RPG threats by destroying it in mid-flight. The system used the same radar technology that warns Forward Operating Bases of incoming rocket and mortar attacks. The testing is in preparation for formal government evaluations in early 2013 to demonstrate the system's unique RPG-defeat capabilities.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Raytheon: Active Protection System".
  2. ^ "'Quick Kill' Active protection System to Protect Current, Future Combat Vehicles" Archived 2009-01-22 at the Wayback Machine, Defense Update, Online Defense Magazine. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  3. ^ “Active Protection” Speeds Up., Defense Tech, Updated 2006-03-15. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  4. ^ a b Quick Kill Active Protection System defeats one of the most lethal armor-piercing Rocket Propelled Grenades - Raytheon press release, January 9, 2013
  5. ^ Missile Defense For Tanks: Raytheon Quick Kill Vs. Israeli Trophy - Breakingdefense.com, 9 March 2016
  6. ^ "Raytheon's Quick Kill Achieves a First; Decimates 'Enemy' RPG in Test with Precision Launched Munition.", Raytheon Company (2006-02-08). Press release. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  7. ^ "Cold War Armor After Chechnya: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RUSSIAN T-80"[permanent dead link], Warford, Maj. James M., ARMOR magazine Nov-Dec, 1995 [PDF]. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  8. ^ "Experts contradict Pentagon on anti-RPG tests", Ciralsky, Adam; Myers, Lisa; and the NBC News Investigative Unit. Updated 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  9. ^ "Defense Acquisitions: Analysis of Processes Used to Evaluate Active Protection Systems", US Government Accountability Office Report [PDF], 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2010-10-13.

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