The Army earlier this month published a notice heralding plans to seek industry's help in reverse engineering a technical data package for the M109A7 hull and chassis -- the workhorse of the modernized self-propelled artillery fleet, including early variants of its top priority -- the Extended Range Artillery Cannon. Army officials retracted the solicitation hours after it was posted on the federal contracting website, explaining the posting was an administrative snafu. An industry analyst, however, believes that it was actually...
