57-mm Mk 3 in series of highly
successful tests at Dahlgrens

United Defense Industries, Inc. (NYSE:UDI) announced today that U.S. live fire qualification testing of the 57-mm Mk 3 naval gun and associated 3P (Pre-fragmented Programmable Proximity fuzed) ammunition built by its Swedish subsidiary, Bofors Defence, began with a series of highly successful tests at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Va. Division.

Following the recent Deepwater Program selection of the Mk3 gun system for use aboard the U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG) new National Security Cutter, the Navy has requested the gun system be designated as the EX 110 Mod 0.

"The USCG Deepwater Gun System qualification project team successfully fired 29 practice rounds and 26 rounds of 3P service ammunition at the Dahlgren Main Range test," said Norm Scott, United Defense's Dahlgren site manager and company support lead for the Government's gun and ammunition tests.

The initial test firings were conducted to verify the test range instrumentation and to document the gun system's characteristics for the upcoming Test Readiness Review of the EX 110 Mod 0 gun safety qualification project.

Firing tests of both the gun and ammunition are expected to continue well into 2004. In 2003, the gun system completed a logistics demonstration of the operational and maintenance characteristics of the gun, and an engineering assessment of the gun focused on its ability to meet U.S. requirements.

These tests were conducted at the United Defense facility in Louisville, Kentucky, using a Bofors Mk 3/57-mm Gun Mount provided by United Defense which was then installed at the Dahlgren facility for the aforementioned testing.

In order to support the gun and ammunition testing, the Navy purchased Bofors 57-mm 3P and Target Practice ammunition. This marks the first purchase of the Bofors 3P ammunition by the U.S. armed forces.

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