Alliant Techsystems announced today it has teamed with Israel Military Industries to produce IMI's M971 120 millimeter Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM) for sale to the United States. The IMI cargo round improves the existing 120mm mortar system, according to a June 20 Alliant statement. Mortars, as Inside the Pentagon reported April 20, will play a larger role in the Army's lighter, faster fighting forces under development as part of the service's transformation efforts. According to Alliant, the DPICM round...
