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Russia Developing 200-km Range Rocket System
Russia is developing new long-range multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) with improved guidance that could allow them to strike targets up to 120 miles (200 km) away, the Defense Ministry’s artillery spokesman said on Monday. “We have the military-technical potential to create a new generation of MLRS with a range of 200 km,” Lt. Col. Nikolai [...]
Israel and Syria exchange fire in Golan
Israel artillery has fired back at Syria after gunfire hit an Israeli military vehicle in the Golan Heights. The incident comes amid high tensions in the region as Israel is waging an offensive against Gaza while civil war continues in Syria. No one was injured in the exchange of fire on Sunday, the Israeli military [...]
Australia Orders Additional M777 Howitzers
Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced that the Government had approved the purchase of an additional two artillery batteries of Lightweight Towed Howitzers, comprising 19 M777A2 155mm howitzers. The cost of the additional 19 howitzers is around $70 million. In October 2009, then Defence Minister Faulkner announced [...]
India to Buy M-777 Howitzers from US: Report
India will issue a request to the US Government next month for procuring 145 M777 ultra-light howitzers for the Army at a cost of over Rs 3,000 crore. “The Letter of Request (LoR) for procuring 145 Ultra-Light Howitzers for the Indian Army through the Foreign Military Sales route would be issued in October,” a Defence [...]
Raytheon to Upgrade Army Field Artillery System
Raytheon Company has received an $81 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop and produce a new version of the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS). It will provide general and fires command and control capabilities to ground forces, from mission planning to execution. The contract extends over a 24-month period, with an [...]
Computer simulations created to train Soldiers on howitzers
Two Soldiers and two Marines made their virtual debut last month while helping Picatinny engineers create a computer trainer for the M777A2 Lightweight 155mm Towed Howitzer. The new trainer will aid Soldiers and Marines by providing an interactive review of the proper procedures on how to safely and accurately perform critical M777A2 crew tasks, explained [...]
Lockheed Martin to Upgrade MLRS M270A1 Launchers
Lockheed Martin received a $27.1 million contract from the U.S. Army for the first phase of a three-year development program that will increase crew protection and update the Army’s fleet of Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) M270A1 mobile rocket launchers. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will upgrade, assemble and test seven prototype vehicles. Phase one [...]
US Marines Fire Excalibur from Record Range In Afghanistan
The U.S. Marine Corps successfully fired two Raytheon Company (RTN) Excalibur 155mm precision-guided artillery projectiles from a range of 36 kilometers (22.3 statute miles) in theater. These shots mark the longest distance the Excalibur round has been fired in combat since its fielding in 2007. “It is incredible to think about how this capability has [...]
Afghan artillery fires first operational rounds
Afghan National Army field artillery lit the night sky for the first time ever in eastern Paktika province last week, as a newly emplaced howitzer battery became tactically operational. Part of the expanding arsenal of Afghan National Security Forces in eastern Afghanistan, this 122mm D30 battery based at Forward Operation Base Orgun-E fired a training [...]
