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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
KDI Precision Products, Inc. is recognized
worldwide
as a technology leader in the development of highly
sophisticated systems for Radio Frequency (RF)
proximity and sensing applications.
Whether it is
today’s
most advanced frequency modulation (FM) proximity system
or a simple continuous wave (CW) system,
KDI has the knowledge, expertise, and facilities to
design, develop, manufacture, and test a high-reliability,
low cost solution to meet customer needs.
The M782 Multi-Option
Fuze Artillery (MOFA) was developed by the U.S. Army
ARDEC. KDI is currently
under contract to fabricate 210,500 initial
production fuzes. The first lot of fuzes was successfully
qualified and delivered in early 2003.
The MOFA is a
multi-mode fuze having proximity,
time, point detonating (PD), and delay functions.
The proximity Height of Burst (HOB) is 7 to 9 meters.
The time is 0.5 to
199.9 seconds in 0.1 second increments, and the
delay is a nominal 7 milliseconds. This fuze is utilized
in all 105mm and 155mm conventional bulk-filled high
explosives (HE) ammunition. It has excellent immunity
to ECM because like the M734A1 Multi-Option Fuze for
Mortar fabricated
by KDI, it uses a DDR MMIC FM/CM proximity technology.
KDI’s engineering
group has fully demonstrated its ability to combine unique
cutting-edge sensor technology with
modern electronic components to provide a fully integrated
munition device. Production of the MMIC proximity
module, in our modern high quality manufacturing facility
for the M734A1, has yielded excellent field results.
The MOFA Fuze electronics employ microprocessor-based
logic together with state-of-the-art
Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) RF MMIC technology packaged into
a Flex Cable Assembly
using modern surface mount technologies. This new design
provides more accurate height
of burst and is ECM hardened.
For applications
from DC to gigahertz to optical wave length, KDI has
an effective,
efficient solution. |
