In the SOW (Statement of Work)PROGRAM DESCRIPTION. The MPM-NLWS...

In the SOW (Statement of Work)

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION.
The MPM-NLWS program responds to the counter-personnel mission need with a non-lethal system mounted onto the Marine Corps Transparent Gun Shield (MCTAGS) on the High-Mobility, Multipurpose, Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) (or its replacement). Increment one of the MPM-NLWS will deliver an enhanced pyrotechnic (thermobaric effect) munition from a tube-launch system. Future increments of the MPM-NLWS may include mounting the system to additional vehicles (e.g., Light Armored Vehicle (LAV), Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR), Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)) and naval vessels. In addition, future increments may include additional munitions (e.g., obscuration, illumination, lethal) to provide a more flexible response capability and enable the system to address future and emerging capability gaps. Compared to current non-lethal weapon systems, MPM-NLWS will provide improvements primarily in range, standoff distance, duration of effects, area coverage, volume of fire, and escalation of force for non-lethal effects. The MPM-NLWS’ munitions will be designed to suppress personnel and can be selectively employed in order to provide a graduated response option to scenarios involving crowd control, access or area denial, convoy operations, or engaging a threat.