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Raytheon receives a $31 mn order from US Army for Excalibur 155 mm increment Ib projectiles 22511152.
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The US-based company Raytheon has been awarded a $31,818,801 contract for Option 5, Excalibur 155mm increment Ib projectiles – a total of 464 projectiles and three palletized containers for the US Army, the US Department of Defense announced on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015.
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 M982A1 Excalibur 155mm extended range guided artillery shell |
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Work will be performed at multiple locations in the U.S., and in the United Kingdom, Scotland, and Sweden, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2017. The US Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, is the contracting activity, the US DoD said.
Excalibur is a true precision weapon, impacting at a radial miss distance of less than two meters from the target. Unlike “near precision” guidance systems, Excalibur provides accurate first-round effects at all ranges in all weather conditions. This weapon system also extends the reach of .39-caliber artillery to 40 km and .52-caliber artillery to more than 50 km. The munition was co-developed by United States-based Raytheon Missile Systems (guidance system) and the Swedish BAE Systems Bofors (body, base, ballistics and payload). This weapon is fully qualified in multiple systems, including the M777, M109 series, M198, the Archer and PzH2000. It’s also compatible with the AS90, K9 and G6 howitzers. Sweden, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands have chosen Excalibur to address vital security interests, and several other international partners are finalizing procurement plans. |
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