I thought the $3m was for GD and ATK? I thought the hopelessness...

I thought the $3m was for GD and ATK? I thought the hopelessness of the Venom system (with its single shot tubes all over a humvee!!) was its downfall a long time ago???

http://www.defence-update.net/wordpress/tag/mpm-nlws

April 2010 General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) has won a $3 million contract for a technology demonstration (TD) and evaluation of its competing MPM-NLWS candidate system known as ?Medusa?, developed in cooperation with ATK Aerospace Systems.


The GD-OTS ATK team plans to modify the advanced 66mm grenade and launcher technology to provide improved counter-personnel and non-lethal capabilities that temporarily incapacitate targets through intense light, sound and pressure stimuli.

The Medusa uses an articulated launcher and fire control system, firing non-lethal grenade munitions with electronic, in-tube, range-programmable fuzing that provides precision placement of the non-lethal effect. In addition to the new MPM, the launcher will retain its capability to deploy the current inventory of 66mm non-lethal and obscuration-effect.


ATK is also involved with XM25 and that new ammo announced last week....