{"id":42941,"date":"2020-08-25T22:07:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T22:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:37:21","slug":"army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army seeks ways for self-propelled howitzers to fire faster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army is turning to small business innovators to figure out a way to increase the rate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2020\/01\/24\/army-picks-6-to-work-on-autoloader-for-extended-range-cannon\/\" target=_blank>fire of self-propelled howitzers<\/a>, according to an Aug. 25 service statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effort is through an Army Small Business Innovation Research pilot that brings government and industry best practices to help drive innovative solutions, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis rate of fire aspect is more than just putting rounds in the back of the howitzers,\u201d Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, who is in charge of the Army\u2019s Long Range Precision Fires modernization efforts, said in the statement. \u201cIt\u2019s also about asking, \u2018where do we spend all of our time?\u2019  We spend a lot of our time handling unpacking, unloading and downloading ammunition. If we can do that more efficiently we will become a more combat effective unit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program breaks down \u201clong-standing barriers small businesses have face in working with the Army: transparency, access and capital,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal is to put small businesses on contract within a month of the close of the submission period, according to the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Companies could receive up to $200,000 during the first phase of the effort, which is expected to last four months \u201cwith considerable increases for Phase II and beyond,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And these companies involved \u201calso have the option to participate in a cohort program that grants them unparalleled access to the soldiers who will use their technologies and to Army problem owners,\u201d the statement explained. \u201cBy working with these stakeholder groups, innovators can have confidence that the solution they design effectively matches Army needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year the Army\u2019s Field Artillery Autonomous Resupply cohort run by the Army Applications Lab marked the first time the service gave companies a chance to \u201cexplore the problem and immerse themselves into the problem,\u201d Rafferty said. \u201cIt has proven to be an effective process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FAAR participants received $150,000 to complete a 12-week program ending in a pitch to the Army. The Army picked six companies to work on ways to improve the currently cumbersome, taxing and sometimes risky munitions resupply system for field artillery units operating M109 Paladin howitzers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is also working on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2019\/03\/27\/extended-range-cannon-to-get-autoloader-within-five-years\/\" target=_blank>an autoloader<\/a> for the service\u2019s future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2020\/03\/06\/army-takes-40-mile-shots-from-extended-range-cannon-in-demo\/\" target=_blank>Extended-Range Cannon Artillery <\/a>program and plans to field it by 2024. The service toyed with the idea of tapping non-traditional business to come up with a new autoloader but decided instead to go with a government-developed technology demonstrator, which has undergone testing at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army shifted the cohort\u2019s focus to improve the entire system that resupplies munitions to the guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efforts included contributions to an entire resupply system from ordering, to a tracking system, to a transport method and even how ammunition is packaged in order to make resupply faster and more efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cohort was expected to wrap up capability presentations in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is accepting applications for the effort it is calling \u201cFire Faster\u201d between Sept. 18 and Oct. 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Army is tapping small business for ideas on how to increase the rate of fire for self-propelled howitzers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":67859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":14,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[160,12,14,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3330],"class_list":["post-42941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-industry","category-land","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"FIADOX4T6NFLNLRFBZJXVTRKNA","arc_canonical_url":"\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US Army seeks ways for self-propelled howitzers to fire faster - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Army is tapping small business for ideas on how to increase the rate of fire for self-propelled howitzers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Army seeks ways for self-propelled howitzers to fire faster\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Army is tapping small business for ideas on how to increase the rate of fire for self-propelled howitzers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-25T22:07:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T23:37:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jen Judson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jen Judson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"US Army seeks ways for self-propelled howitzers to fire faster\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2020-08-25T22:07:38+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-07T23:37:21+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 509,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5706573.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Daily News Roundup\",\n\t                \"Industry\",\n\t                \"Land\",\n\t                \"Newsletters\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"US Army seeks ways for self-propelled howitzers to fire faster - Defense News\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5706573.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2020-08-25T22:07:38+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-07T23:37:21+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"The Army is tapping small business for ideas on how to increase the rate of fire for self-propelled howitzers.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5706573.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5706573.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/25\\\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Land\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"land\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"US Army seeks ways for self-propelled howitzers to fire faster\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Defense News\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US Army seeks ways for self-propelled howitzers to fire faster - Defense News","description":"The Army is tapping small business for ideas on how to increase the rate of fire for self-propelled howitzers.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US Army seeks ways for self-propelled howitzers to fire faster","og_description":"The Army is tapping small business for ideas on how to increase the rate of fire for self-propelled howitzers.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/","og_site_name":"Defense News","article_published_time":"2020-08-25T22:07:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-07T23:37:21+00:00","author":"Jen Judson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jen Judson","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"US Army seeks ways for self-propelled howitzers to fire faster","datePublished":"2020-08-25T22:07:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T23:37:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/"},"wordCount":509,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5706573.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Daily News Roundup","Industry","Land","Newsletters"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/","name":"US Army seeks ways for self-propelled howitzers to fire faster - Defense News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5706573.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2020-08-25T22:07:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T23:37:21+00:00","description":"The Army is tapping small business for ideas on how to increase the rate of fire for self-propelled howitzers.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5706573.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5706573.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/08\/25\/army-seeks-ways-for-self-propelled-howitzers-to-fire-faster\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Land","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/","ad_zone":"land"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"US Army seeks ways for self-propelled howitzers to fire faster"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","name":"Defense News","description":"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization","name":"Defense News","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","caption":"Defense News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Defense News","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5706573.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42957,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42941\/revisions\/42957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42941"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=42941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}