New Excalibur Artillery Round Successfully Fired
Press release from Raytheon: Washington - Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) successfully fired nine rounds in U.S. Army lot acceptance tests, which means the Excalibur Ia-2 precision-guided projectile...
View ArticleArmy Tests Near-Precision Artillery Projectile
This is from the U.S. Army: Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, from Fort Bliss, Texas, became the first troops to fire the Army’s upcoming near-precision projectile, the...
View ArticleReliability of Excalibur Ib Artillery Round Validated
News release from Raytheon: The U.S. Army and Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) successfully fired 30 GPS-guided Excalibur Ib projectiles during an extensive First Article Test series at Yuma Proving...
View ArticleU.S. Army's Artillery Branch Preparing For Future Wars By Returning To Cold...
The Stars and Stripes is reporting that the U.S. Army’s field artillery is preparing for future wars by returning to Cold War-era tactics supplemented by modern, mobile technology. More from Stars and...
View ArticleCanadian Army tests new generation Excalibur artillery shell
The Canadian Army has tested the newest generation of Raytheon’s Excalibur artillery shell. Excalibur is a GPS-guided 155mm shell. The Canadian Army had earlier acquired small stocks of Excalibur...
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