The director of the Army's long-range precision fires cross-functional team said last week the first prototype of the Extended Range Cannon Artillery platform at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, is "nearly assembled." Brig. Gen. John Rafferty told Inside Defense in a recent interview the team of Army engineers and industry partners at Picatinny experienced "normal challenges" in putting the prototype together for the first time, contributing to an eight-week delay, but the program is still on schedule and the prototype will arrive...