This an article from the US DoD Non-Lethal Wpn Program under the...

This an article from the US DoD Non-Lethal Wpn Program under the News Letter Archive titled,

Biannual JNLWP Newsletter September 2011.

It talkes about the Mission Payload Module and it's on page 12 and 13


US. Marine Corps Systems Command
recently held technology demonstrations for the developmental Mission Payload Module – Non-Lethal Weapons
System. As part of the system’s technology development, project personnel assessed two modified commercial-off-the-shelf, nonlethal,tube-launched munitions systems.
They also evaluated whether those systems could meet the non-lethal weapon counterpersonnel capability requirements for range,accuracy and human effects. The Mission Payload Module – Non-Lethal Weapons System will potentially support
missions requiring crowd dispersal, area denial, access control point security, unit defense and convoy security.

“The Mission Payload Module – Non-Lethal Weapons System represents a major Joint project investment by both the Marine Corps and the Joint Non-lethal Weapons Program.
When fielded to the operating forces, the system will provide a first-of-its kind, unique counter-personnel capability to combatant commanders,” said Ray Grundy, Branch Head for the Escalation-of-Force Branch, part of Headquarters, Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for
Combat Development and Integration at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. The system includes two components: the launcher system and the non-lethal munition. The
system’s multiple-tube design allows the firing of several non-lethal munitions with greater accuracy and distance than fielded non-lethal capabilities. The potential payload is a nonlethal novel pyrotechnic munition, which has a combined visual and auditory effect. This past winter, two commercial contractors demonstrated their systems to program personnel from Marine Corps Systems Command; Marine Corps Combat Development and Integration; Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity; the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate; Naval Sea Systems Command; and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
As the lead Service project manager for the Mission Payload Module – Non-Lethal Weapons System, Marine Corps Systems Command selected the systems to participate in the
demonstration based on program requirements and proposals from the contractors. Marine Corps Combat Development and Integration, Fires and Maneuvers Division, Escalation-of-
Force Branch, Non-Lethal Systems is the requirements generator for the Mission Payload Module – Non-Lethal Weapons System project. The Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program and the Marine Corps both provide funding for the project as the resource sponsors. The Marine Corps is designing the Mission Payload Module – Non-Lethal Weapons System for infantry units. Marine Corps military police units and the other Services have also shown interest in the system. For the technology demonstrations, developers integrated the Mission Payload Module – Non-Lethal Weapons System on a Humvee, but also plan to mount the system on other vehicle or ship platforms in future project increments.

(continued on page 13)
Illustration of the Mission Payload Module
– Non-Lethal Weapons System prototype
Official JNLWP Image
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Technology Demonstrations Held for
Mission Payload Module – Non-Lethal Weapons System Technologies
(continued from page 12)

The demonstrations provided data about the Mission Payload Module – Non-Lethal Weapons System that will assist project managers in the technology development process,
a step necessary to reach Milestone B, the Technology Development phase of the acquisition process. "The technology demonstration gives both users and project managers a first-hand look at this exciting capability and its unique functionality during this critical phase in the
acquisition process," said Ron Smith, Senior Research Scientist for Georgia Tech Research Institute at Quantico, Va. The Air Force’s Human Effects Center of Excellence analyzed the data gathered from the Mission Payload Module – Non-Lethal Weapons System technology demonstrations and, through computer modeling, determined the systems’ possible effects on an individual’s
sight, hearing and other physiological effects.
Marine Corps Systems Command conducted government testing of the systems’ non-lethal munition at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. Marine Corps Systems
Command anticipates reaching Milestone B in fiscal year 2012.

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