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, ...

The Army will mount a gun tube reminiscent of its dead Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) effort on top of a Hanwha Defense howitzer under a new research and development agreement with the South ...

The US Army has long known that it has artillery shortcomings that need to be addressed. As it readies for possible future large-scale combat operations, the Army is looking to plug these gaps. A ...

The Army is fast-tracking an emerging program to engineer a longer-range artillery cannon able to out range enemy ground forces by hitting targets at more than twice the distance of existing artillery ...

ERCA is one of several current initiatives intended to address this. Accordingly, the Army is now prototyping artillery weapons with a larger caliber tube and new grooves to hang weights for gravity ...

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $45 million contract for the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) Increment 1 prototype with the purpose of ...

Her’s What You Need to Remember: Given the importance of long-range fires to the Army’s modernization efforts, the entry of BAE System’s M109A7 Paladin into full-rate production is an important first ...

Rome wasn't built in a day… but they were laying bricks every hour. This statement rings particularly true in the case of the work being done for the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) project.

The ERCA weapon is quickly moving through the paces ahead of an operational assessment in 2022 and fielding in 2023. (Ana Henderson/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is preparing to select an ...

The ERCA cannon moves through the paces ahead of operational assessments. (Ana Henderson/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The Army is still deciding on the acquisition strategy for its Extended Range Cannon ...

Rome wasn't built in a day… but they were laying bricks every hour. This statement rings particularly true in the case of the work being done for the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) project.