战争部与BAE签框架协议：APKWS反无人机拦截弹年产能扩至2.5万套
华盛顿——美国战争部 10月19日宣布，已与 BAE Systems 签署框架协议，将先进精确杀伤武器系统（APKWS）激光制导套件的采购量提升至每年最多 2.5 万套，协议期最长七年；若盟国通过对外军售（FMS）程序正式提出需求，总产能可进一步扩至每年 3.5 万套。战争部表示，这项多年期采购仍有待国会授权与拨款，双方未公布协议金额。
APKWS 套件可将无制导的 2.75 英寸火箭弹改装为激光制导精确弹药，适用于空对地、地对地、地对空与空对空等多种任务。美国陆军、海军、空军与海军陆战队均已列装该系统，四军种均参与了这项协议的敲定。近年来，APKWS 已成为击落无人机的低成本选择：相较价格高昂的空空导弹，它大幅改变了拦截无人机的成本对比，并被战争部称为唯一经实战验证可有效对付小型战术与第 3 组无人机的低成本精确拦截弹。BAE 在新罕布什尔州 Hudson 与德克萨斯州奥斯汀生产该套件，今年 2 月宣布已交付第 10 万套。
负责采办与保障的副战争部长 Michael Duffey 在宣布中表示：「『自由兵工厂』只为一个目的存在：保证我们的作战人员在战场上拥有决定性优势。通过锁定多年期需求，这项协议让生产线满负荷运转，为我们的部队备足拦截弹库存，并把成本账翻转到有利于纳税人的一边。」BAE Systems 公司总裁兼首席执行官 Tom Arseneault 表示，APKWS 以经验证、可靠且可负担的精度大规模应对不断演变的威胁，这项协议凸显了对关键弹药持续投资、强化战备的重要性。
战争部称，在框架内谈判多年期合同期间，BAE 将同步扩大产量；长期需求信号使公司能够采购长周期零部件并扩充熟练工人队伍，盟国的采购还将支持在本土新建生产线、提高美国应对突发需求的能力。
Department of War Signs Framework Deal With BAE Systems to Surge APKWS Counter-Drone Interceptor Output to 25,000 Kits a Year
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of War announced on October 19 that it has signed a framework agreement with BAE Systems to buy up to 25,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guidance kits a year for as long as seven years, with a path to raise total output to 35,000 kits a year if allied nations formalize requests through the Foreign Military Sales program. The department said the multiyear buy remains subject to congressional authorization and appropriations; neither side announced the deal's cost.
APKWS laser-guidance kits convert unguided 2.75-inch rockets into precision-guided munitions usable in air-to-surface, surface-to-surface, surface-to-air and air-to-air engagements. The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps all field the system and participated in finalizing the agreement. The weapon has become a cheaper alternative to air-to-air missiles for shooting down drones, and the department describes it as the only low-cost precision interceptor with combat-proven effectiveness against small tactical and Group 3 drones. BAE builds the kits in Hudson, New Hampshire, and Austin, Texas, and said in February that it had delivered its 100,000th kit.
"By securing multi-year demand, this agreement keeps production lines running at capacity, provides our forces with interceptor inventory, and flips the cost calculus in the taxpayer's favor," said Michael Duffey, the Pentagon's undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, who added that the "Arsenal of Freedom" exists to guarantee warfighters a decisive advantage. Tom Arseneault, president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc., said APKWS delivers proven, reliable and affordable precision at scale to counter evolving threats, and that the agreement highlights the importance of sustained investment in critical munitions.
The department said BAE will increase production while the two sides negotiate a multiyear contract under the framework, and that longer-term demand will allow the company to purchase long-lead components and expand its skilled workforce, while allied purchases will capitalize new domestic production lines and increase U.S. capacity to respond to sudden demand.
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图片来源：美国海军一架 SH-60S 直升机发射 APKWS II 制导火箭弹（资料照片）。美国海军 Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Desmond Parks 摄，公共领域图片，经 Wikimedia Commons 发布。
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