ВМФ США рассматривает вариант замены LRLAP на Excalibur. Стоимость инженерных работ по модификации ствола AGS под снаряд может составить $250 млн:
What remains now is how much additional engineering work it will take to modify the existing AGS to accommodate the Excalibur.
The AGS barrel and the accompanying automatic ammunition handling system were specifically designed to handle the LRLAP. “
It’s a unique barrel for this ammunition. It’s a six-inch round designed with the turnings to allow
the LRLAP to fly out of that barrel,” then DDG-1000 program manager Rear Adm. Jim Downey told USNI News in May.
It might take up to $250 million in engineering costs to modify the three ship class for Excalibur.
The Navy is looking to Raytheon’s Excalibur guided artillery round to replace the effective but expensive Long Range Land Attack Projectile for the Zumwalt-class of guided missile destroyers, defense officials confirmed to USNI News.
// news.usni.org