USMC to get PERM demo rounds
The first Precision Extended Range Munition (PERM) demonstration rounds built by ATK for the USMC will be delivered in mid-2014, it has emerged.
A spokesperson from PERM manufacturer ATK told Shephard that the rounds for the USMC’s 120mm mortar system will then be tested.
‘The results of that test will be evaluated for a follow on decision from the USMC to decide what they would like to pursue next based on the demonstration programme,’ the spokesperson said.
Under the PERM engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) stage, Raytheon is also building PERM in competition with ATK and a final solution will
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