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U.S. Army’s ERCA Prototype Hits Targets 70 km Away Our Bureau 2232 M109A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzer The U.S. Army recently fired M982A1 Excalibur weapons from its Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) prototype that hit its target 70 km away. “What we demonstrated a few minutes ago … is the success of a systems approach to upgrading our cannon system and the ERCA system is just that – a platform, the propellant, the projectiles and the fuses,” Brigadier General John Rafferty, the head of the Long-Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team, told reporters following the te...

Army fortified radio capabilities in 2020 to withstand electronic warfare December 22, 2020 Soldiers embedded within the C5ISR Center test the Squad Area Network capability during the Network Modernization Experiment at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sept. 10, 2020. The Network Modernization Experiment is held annually and serves as an opportunity to take technologies that are still maturing out of the lab as early as possible and into a fail-safe environment for assessment. (Jasmyne Douglas/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army made critical advancements this year to strength...