SMALL CALIBER Advanced Planning Briefing to Industry (APBI) 13 February 2002

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SMALL CALIBER Advanced Planning Briefing to
Industry (APBI)13 February 2002
Mr. Mike Richard Lake City/Small Cal Division
Lead Engineer/Project Manager SOSMA-PRS (309)782-
6523 DSN 793-6523 richardm2_at_osc.army.mil
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Agenda
Green Ammo ACQUISITION STRATEGIES Small Cal
Division Structure
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Green Ammo Background

• Small caliber ammunition contains Ozone
  Depleting Chemicals,
• Volatile Organic Compounds and toxic heavy
  metals
• High rates of production result in large
  quantities of waste
• which require treatment and disposal
• Treatment and disposal is costly to
  manufacturing facility
• and is included in cost of the ammunition
• Heavy metals have negative impact on both
  indoor and outdoor ranges
• FY94 FY01 Heavy Metal Averages
  (5.56mm/7.62mm/Cal .50)
• Projectiles (Lead-Antimony) 2.5M lbs
  1,250 Tons
• Primers (Barium, Antimony, Lead) 25,700 lbs
  12.85 Tons

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Projectile Core Replacement Efforts

• 5.56mm M855 Ball cartridge completed
• Effort initiated 96 with SERDP Funding
• Intended to be invisible to the Users.
• Use existing Specification Requirements
• Two candidates qualified
• Field Tested
• Stewart River, Alaska
• MMR, Camp Edwards

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M855, 5.56mm Bullet Assembly

• M855, 5.56mm projectile is in production with a
  lead-free core

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Green Ammo - ACQUISITION STRATEGIES ATK/LCAAP is
the prime contractor M855, 5.56mm is
production - Army plans to only procure Green
M855 starting in FY05 5.56mm, M856 Tracer -
Army plans to fund Low Rate Production effort in
FY02 - Production ramp-up starting in FY03
7.62mm, M80 Ball and M62 Tracer - Army plans
to fund Low Rate Production effort in FY02 -
Production ramp-up starting in FY03
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ACQUISITION STRATEGIES

• Items Managed 5.56mm, 7.62mm, Cal .50, Cal .30
  Blank
• Facility Lake City AAP, Independence MO
• Contractor Alliant TechSystems
• 10 year FFP with ATK FY99 FY08
• Items Managed 9mm and Shot Shells
• Facility Olin East Alton
• Contractor Olin Winchester
• 5 year requirements contract FY 01 - FY 05
• Volumes procured 500M - 750M annually
• Annual program value Average 25 of total ammo
  budget
• Customers USA, USMC, USAF, USN, FMS, DOE, DOI,
  FBI, CID, MDW, USCG

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LCAAP/Small Cal Ammo Division
Ms. Rhonda VandeCasteele Small Cal/Lake City
Division Chief 309-782-5712
vandecasteeler_at_osc.army.mil
Mr. Gerald Strahl ARDEC Representative/Liaison
309-782-2148 strahlj_at_ria.army.mil
Mr. Mark Haldeman PCO Small Cal Ammo
309-782-3414 haldemanm_at_osc.army.mil
Ms. Patricia McKenna Project Manager 9mm,
5.56mm, 45cal, 30 cal 309-782-5685
mckennap2_at_osc.army.mil
Ms. Nancy Busch Project Manager 7.62mm, Shot
Shells, .50 Cal 309-782-7410
buschn_at_osc.army.mil
MR. Michael Richard Lead Engineer/Project
Manager Green Ammo, 300 Win Mag 309-782-6523
richardm2_at_osc.army.mil