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Close Combat Lethal Recon (CCLR)
Program Manager: Mr. Lyndall Beamer
Approach:
CCLR will be a hand-held, tube-launched, command-guided, loitering cruise munition that will provide the warfighter unprecedented ability of non-line-of-sight target prosecution in urban environments. CCLR will extend the range of engagement of a dismounted warfighter from line-of-sight. This expanded engagement zone will reach over and around buildings, onto rooftops, and into open building portals.
The CCLR system consists of a PDA-sized soldier interface device for flight planning (via a map-based graphical user interface) and streaming video viewing, and a launch tube containing the CCLR munition. The major challenges of the program are the development of a small, lightweight airframe that can achieve the required terminal accuracy and carry sufficient warhead to defeat the target set, and the development of a launcher that is small and light enough to be carried in quantity as soldier equipment.
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