SADARM Scores High In Crucial Reliability Tests, User Tests Up Next

By Thomas Duffy / March 17, 2000 at 5:00 AM
The Sense and Destroy Armor munition, being developed for the Army as an anti-tank and anti-armor weapon, achieved a 79 percent reliability rate during technical tests held March 7-11 at the Army's Yuma Proving Grounds, AZ, prime contractor Aerojet said today. Last December, Inside the Army reported that the tests were critical to SADARM's future, which saw all of its procurement dollars cut from the Army's budget because of an overall budget crunch. Launched from standard artillery platforms, SADARM searches...

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