ERCA development on track for 2023 fielding

By Ethan Sterenfeld / February 18, 2021 at 3:08 PM
Development has continued on the Extended Range Cannon Artillery and its associated propellant and projectile since a prototype with an Excalibur round hit a target at 70 kilometers in December, the director of the Long Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team said last week. "Probably the best way to describe it is they are all in the prototype phase," Brig. Gen. John Rafferty told Inside Defense in a Feb. 10 interview. "It forces us to be a closely knit, very...

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