The Army is working on an advanced munition for extended-range artillery, but the round won’t be ready to take part in the self-propelled howitzer demonstrations that start next month, nor will it be fired in the competition phase, according to a senior service official. The rounds remain in the science and technology phase. “They will not be ready to be part of this -- either the performance demonstration or the competitive evaluation,” Brig. Gen. Rory Crooks, director of the Army’s...
