DSEI 2015: Aussie precision munitions en route

9th September 2015 - 12:00 GMT | by Tim Fish in London

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Upgrade kits for 155mm artillery rounds used in Australia are being delivered that will provide the ADF with a precision-guidance capability.

The Australian Defence Force told Shephard that the precision-guidance kits (PGKs) will be received one the US part of the programme is finished.

‘The US testing program of the PGK design has been completed and full production has commenced. The first delivery of Australian PGK is planned to occur over December 2015 – January 2016,’ the ADF spokesperson said.

Australia signed a contract with Orbital-ATK worth $57.8 million in August 2013 for 4,002 M1156 precision guidance kits (PGK) through

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