The M109A2/A3 is an early variant of the M109-series howitzer operated by armed forces around the world. Based on the test results, those forces are now able to use the extended range precision ...

Ukrainian troops have used precision-guided munitions to devastating effect against Russian forces. The US has been sending Ukraine M982 Excalibur shells, which have GPS guidance and a 25-mile range.

The latest version of Raytheon's Excalibur projectile is unimaginably accurate -- and could be unimaginatively profitable for Raytheon. Smart bombs. Laser-guided missiles. Actual laser guns. The ...

The U.S. Army and Raytheon successfully fired 10 Excalibur 155mm precision-guided artillery projectiles from a self-propelled howitzer during field trials held yesterday in Yuma Proving Ground in ...

Using a combination of Global Positioning System satellites and laser-guidance, soldiers calling in precision artillery strikes may soon be able to change their targets as the shells travel through ...

The Army’s new Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) has now hit a record 43 miles. That’s the longest verified distance for a howitzer. But a new Russian howitzer might be able to shoot just as far, ...

One of the america’s military-industrial complex’s most important inventions comes out of the barrel of a howitzer. It’s called the “Excalibur,” and it’s a 155-millimeter howitzer round that creator ...

Raytheon and the US Navy have successfully fired a precision-guided munition that can be fired from a howitzer and zero in on a moving object. The recent test of the Excalibur S round not only ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Jan. 29, 2013) -- Gunners of Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, shot an Excalibur round out of a M-777 howitzer cannon for the first time at Forward ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - For the first time in Afghanistan, U.S. Soldiers test-fired a 155 mm global-positioning-system-guided Excalibur artillery round fired from an M777A2 lightweight howitzer. The ...

The Indian Army has for the first time test fired M982 Excalibur precision-guided, extended range artillery projectiles from M777 155 mm 39-caliber towed ultra light howitzer guns at the Pokhran test ...