Updated 11 November 2012
AGS Mockup showing the originally planned
triangular barrel
Note the bicycles for scale and the ERGM-style
projectile on the far right
Picture copyrighted by United
Defense
AGS Mockup
Another view showing conventional and
ERGM-style rounds
Picture copyrighted by United
Defense
AGS being fired in September 2009 to test
a new coating intended to extend barrel life
Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
U.S. Navy Photograph No. 090916-N-9999K-003
Composite image showing RCS mounting and
ammunition stowage system
Picture copyrighted by United
Defense
AGS Components
MCU = Microcontroller Unit, SAU = Subscriber
Access Unit, I/OCU = Input/Output Control Unit
Sketch copyrighted by Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division
AGS Magazine Arrangements
Sketch copyrighted by Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division
AGS Pallet Details
Sketch copyrighted by Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division
Artist's conception of 155 mm AGS
Image copyrighted by BAE
Systems
Size comparison of projectiles and propellant
canisters
Picture copyrighted by DD
(X) website
Pictures of prototype LRLAP emerging from
gun barrel during tests in July 2005
First image shows the nose as it clears
the muzzle, the second show the tail fins being deployed and the third
shows the fins fully deployed
US Navy Photograph No. 050802-O-0000X-001
and courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corporation
Artist's conception of LRLAP
Picture copyrighted by DD
(X) National Team
Details of LRLAP
CCU = Canard Control Unit, GPS/TM = Global
Positioning System/Timing Module, SAD = Safety and Arming Device, DIGNU
= Deeply Integrated Guidance and Navigation Unit, FIU/RPU = Fuze (?) Interface
Unit/Remote Processing Unit
Sketches copyrighted by Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren
LRLAP Warhead Design
Images copyrighted by Lockheed Martin
Missiles and Fire Control
Course Corrected Fuze
A fuze such as this may be used for the
Long Range Ballistic Projectile
Picture copyrighted by United
Defense
Artist’s conception of the DD(X) destroyer
design by the Northrop Grumman Corporation Team
The two mountings on the bow are 155 mm
AGS while the two on the hanger roof are 57
mm Mark 110
U.S. Navy Graphic 030606-N-0000X-002
Comparison of AGS with AGS-L
Note that the AGS has Active Barrel cooling
while the AGS-L does not
Image copyrighted by BAE
Systems
AGS-L Proposal for DDG-51 Flight III
Image copyrighted by BAE
Systems
14 August 2008 - Benchmark
14 October 2009 - Added pictures of September
2009 test shot and LRLAP Warhead design
11 November 2012 - Added sketches of BAE
AGS-L proposal