The Army last week awarded Raytheon a $100 million contract modification for continued development of the Excalibur precision-guided artillery projectile. The 155-millimeter "family" of munitions is designed to increase the range and accuracy of Army and Marine Corps howitzers. As Inside the Army reported in July, the program's future was in some doubt earlier this year after the Army took some funding from its budget for another artillery projectile, the Sense and Destroy Armor munition, and House appropriators deleted all...
