The US State Department has approved the sale of over 5,000 Northrop Grumman precision guidance kits to Denmark.
The US State Department has approved the sale of precision guidance kits (PGKs) to Denmark.
Copenhagen requested 5,832 Northrop Grumman M1156 PGKs for an estimated $85 million.
The potential sale includes related logistics and program support such as compatibility testing, firing tables, technical assistance, and new equipment training.
“The proposed sale will improve Denmark’s capability to meet current and future threats by providing precision capability equipment and will increase first strike accuracy in its brigades,” the Defense Security Cooperation Agency stated.
Northrop Grumman will be the sale’s principal contractor, while any offset will be defined during contract negotiations, the Pentagon agency added.
Precision Guidance Kit
The kit turns a conventional unguided 155mm artillery round into a GPS-guided munition, increasing its accuracy by over five times.
To counter the GPS jammers employed by adversaries, Northrop last year contracted CAES to integrate M-Code GPS antennae with the kit.
The latest iteration, the PGK-Extended Range, allows the munition to operate in a GPS-degraded environment and is compatible with current and future artillery systems, including the 58 caliber cannon the US Army is developing.
