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The contract is for the delivery of a more manoeuvrable light artillery cannon as part of the US National Defense Strategy.
The contract for the prototype is valued at US$2.5 million.
It is expected that a newer lightweight artillery cannon would bolster the US Army’s manoeuvrability and lethality required for the US Army’s next generation howitzer fleet.
“This DEVCOM AC project alongside numerous other active science and technology efforts could provide our warfighters a distinct advantage in this increasingly complex security environment,” Colonel Lance Green, military deputy of the Combat Capabilities Development Command-Armament Center, said.
“We are proud to have the opportunity to support the Army in its efforts to develop next-generation long-range precision fires technologies and particularly to prototype what could be game-changing advanced, lightweight howitzer technologies,” said American Rheinmetall Munitions CEO John Somich.
“Rheinmetall is a global leader in artillery technologies including munitions, propellant and cannons and we will bring to bear our tremendous expertise, technology and full commitment to the Army in this effort.”
The announcement outlines the latest partnership in the American Rheinmetall Munition’s decades-long collaboration with the US military.
[Related: Rheinmetall counter-small UAS solution selected by Austrian armed forces]
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