www.army.mil By Eric Kowal
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – In a significant leap forward for battlefield technology, U.S. Marines and Soldiers from the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Ft. Rucker, have successfully tested a new warhead designed to be delivered by an unmanned aerial system.
The live-fire demonstration of the Bunker Rupture and Kinetic Explosive Round, called BRAKER, which took place at a Redstone Arsenal in Alabama on March 26, comes only weeks after the initial design and rapid prototyping of the system, showcasing the Army’s accelerated approach to innovation in the face of evolving threats.
The Army continuously transforms by using the latest technologies for warfighting advantage, and ensures that the force is lethal, modern and ready. The development of this air-delivered munition directly supports that mission as well as senior leader priorities in readiness and transformation.
The BRAKER project, led by a team from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center and Project Manager Close Combat Systems — a project office under the U.S. Army Capability Program Executive Ammunition and Energetics — aimed to create a lightweight, powerful and lethal warhead that could be deployed from a small, agile drone.
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