At AUSA 2014 (Association of United States Army) Annual Meeting currently taking place in Washington D.C., visitors can see on the Raytheon booth a full scale model of the Pyros small tactical munition.
Pyros is Raytheon’s smallest air-launched bomb, specially designed for unmanned aircraft systems. It is lightweight, and has a high degree of maneuverability. At only 13-pounds (6 kg) and 22-inches (55 cm) long, Pyros is ideally suited for applications where weight is a critical factor, such as unmanned aircraft, rotary-wing scout platforms and light attack aircraft. The advanced warhead of Pyros uses an advanced semi-active laser seeker to precisely engage targets while significantly reducing the risk of collateral damage.
There are three choices for guiding the weapon to the target: GPS coordinates, inertial navigation or laser designation. To maximize kinetic effects and lethality, there are also three options for engaging the target: height-of-burst, point-of-impact or fuze-delay detonation.Raytheon is currently conducting trials of Pyros with the US Army and US Navy.
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