ATK has been selected by the U.S. Army to develop an alternative warhead for the Guided
Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The GMLRS alternative warhead eliminates the use of submunitions, but performs as a
drop-in replacement for the currently-fielded Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
(DPICM) warhead. "This new warhead offers the advantage of uncompromised performance without leaving
unexploded submunitions on the battlefield," said Dave Wise, Vice President and General
Manager of ATK Defense Components. During live-fire testing by the U.S. Army, ATK's alternative warhead – featuring ATK's
Lethality Enhanced Ordnance (LEO) design – demonstrated that it meets performance
and mission requirements, lowers technical risk, and matches current weapon flight
characteristics without modifications to the existing GMLRS delivery system.