Tuesday, September 10, 2013
US Army awards Raytheon $54 million for Excalibur Ib
The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon Company a $54 million contract for the procurement of the second lot of the Excalibur Ib artillery round.
The Excalibur Ib is a precision-guided artillery projectile based on Raytheon's combat-proven Excalibur Ia-1 and Ia-2, a 155mm precision-guided, extended-range projectile that uses GPS precision guidance to provide accurate, first round, fire-for-effect capability in any environment.
"No other artillery round comes close to doing what Excalibur does for the warfighter," said Kevin Matthies, Raytheon Missile Systems' Excalibur program director. "The Excalibur Ib will not only provide industry-leading precision for the warfighter, it will also improve reliability and lower the unit cost."
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I guess Raytheon used a GPS receiver before firing to get the exact coordinates of each target. And how do you get such precise GPS coordinates in the field?
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