TopGun is an add-on guidance kit that converts standard artillery ammunition into a precision guided weapon. It is manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries. [1] It uses a GPS receiver to adjust the trajectory of the shell in flight with a circular error probable (CEP) of 10 m at up to 40 km with a unit cost of US$20,000.[2] In use by Israeli Army.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Space and Missiles MLM Products Precision Strike Systems Top Gun". www.iai.co.il. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "IDF takes TopGun artillery guidance system into service - Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Opall-Rome, Barbara (8 August 2017). "Israeli Army Taps IAI's Topgun for Precision Artillery Project". defensenews.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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