The production can be adjusted on the basis of the automotive industry: a new family of high-precision ammunition Barracuda-M has been introduced in the USA

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Barracuda-250

The American company Anduril, specializing in the development and production of unmanned systems, has introduced a new family of high-precision Barracuda-M ammunition, which have been designated as "autonomous aircraft" (AAV).

The family consists of the Barracuda-100, Barracuda-250 and Barracuda-500, which differ in size, range and payload. The largest configuration, the Barracuda-500, has a range of about 1000 km, carries a payload of 45 kg, is capable of carrying overloads at 5 g and can stay in the air for 120 minutes. All representatives of the family are equipped with an air-cooled turbojet engine.

The United States and our allies and partners do not have enough missiles to reliably contain a conflict with an almost equal opponent. Our existing arsenals of precision-guided munitions will be exhausted within a few days in high-class combat

- it is noted on the company's website.

Barracuda-250

As indicated, existing cruise missiles are difficult to manufacture, and therefore it is impossible to quickly deploy their release. At the same time, Barracuda ammunition is easy to manufacture: instead of thousands of unique machines, no more than ten are needed, highly qualified specialists are not required, production can be established on the basis of the commercial automotive industry and at sites for the production of household electrical equipment.

Barracuda takes 50% less time to manufacture, requires 95% fewer tools and 50% fewer parts than competing solutions on the market today. As a result, the AAV Barracuda family is on average 30% cheaper than other products, which can ensure large-scale production. Barracuda is specially designed to increase combat weight

- they indicate in the company.

Barracuda-250

Each Barracuda variant consists of several subsystems that ensure rapid ammunition optimization in accordance with changing combat missions. Individual nodes can be quickly replaced on production lines as threats evolve and new technologies become available.

Unlike existing [cruise missile] solutions that use fragile supply chains focused on defense needs, Barracuda subsystems consist of commercially produced and widely available components

- the company explains.

Barracuda ammunition can solve a wide range of tasks, being equipped with a variety of payloads. They can be used from various air, land or sea platforms and are located in the internal weapon compartments of 5th generation aircraft, on the external pylons of 4th generation fighters and rotorcraft, on launchers of land vehicles and ships or on pallets of aircraft.

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