MINNEAPOLIS, May 19 (UPI) -- Alliant Techsystems Friday booked a $5.5 million contract for initial production run for its DSU-33C/B proximity sensors for its precision bombs.
The device is used to guide a number of U.S. Air Force general-purpose bombs to their targets, including the Mk 80 family, the venerable 750-pound M117 and the precision-guided mainstay Joint Direct Attack Munition.
The DSU-33C/B is a battery-powered device that operates in all-weather conditions as well as amid electronic countermeasures. It provides signal to the ground or initiates an air burst when electronic jamming is present.
More than 52,000 DSU-33s have been produced by Alliance Techsystems, also known as ATK, with the C/B variant entering production in January.
The contract extends ATK's production of the sensor through 2011 and includes five options that could increase the value of the pact to more than $38 million.
"The award was highly competitive and validates our decision to consolidate all fuze production into ATK's manufacturing center in West Virginia," said ATK Vice President Jim Condon.
