The US halted deliveries of GPS-guided Excalibur shells to Ukraine due to high failure rates. Russia had achieved success in jamming of US-supplied weapons, reports said. Classified reports revealed ...
November 4, 2017: In late 2017 the U.S. Army ordered another 1,500 M982 GPS guided Excalibur 155mm artillery shells, to be delivered by 2019. These are expensive shells, costing over $60,000 each ...
Ukrainian troops have used precision-guided munitions to devastating effect against Russian forces. The US has been sending Ukraine M982 Excalibur shells, which have GPS guidance and a 25-mile range.
Kyiv - Many U.S.-made satellite-guided ammunitions in Ukraine have failed to withstand Russian jamming technology, prompting Kyiv to stop using certain types of Western-provided armaments after ...
Ukraine's military destroyed a high-value Russian counter-battery radar system using advanced precision-guided artillery shells, according to new footage. In a clip circulating on social media, what ...
The Army has accelerated purchasing a high-tech artillery shell that can be fired from 14 miles away yet explode within 30 feet of its target to avoid civilian casualties, USA Today reported Monday.
May 29, 2020: The U.S. Army has successfully tested the new 1B version of the Excalibur GPS guided artillery shell. The 1B model can turn in flight and hit targets behind a ridge (the “reverse slope”) ...
U.S. soldiers and Marines have fired Raytheon’s Excalibur guided artillery shell more than 1,000 times in land combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems is vying to ...
NOTE #1: A U.S. defense official on July 1 retracted the announcement, just days earlier, that the United States was providing Excalibur rounds to Ukraine. “We do not have Excalibur rounds in—in this ...
The Navy quietly conducted a ground test of a precision-guided projectile the Army fires from cannons, manufacturer Raytheon revealed this week. The test of the N5 naval variant of the Excalibur ...