{"id":69870,"date":"2025-03-24T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/03\/24\/whats-next-for-army-artillery-modernization-more-demos\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:18:19","slug":"whats-next-for-army-artillery-modernization-more-demos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2025\/03\/24\/whats-next-for-army-artillery-modernization-more-demos\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s next for Army artillery modernization? More demos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army still wants a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2023\/08\/01\/us-army-readies-new-artillery-strategy-spurred-by-war-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">mobile, long-range artillery capability<\/a> after canceling an effort to build its own cannon system, but it\u2019s not poised to decide a way forward for nearly two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2020\/12\/17\/us-army-mobile-howitzer-shoot-off-participants-emerge\/\" target=\"_blank\">held demonstrations for self-propelled howitzers <\/a>in 2021 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, but decided to prioritize an investment in the development of its Extended Range Cannon Artillery, or ERCA, system. The system used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2023\/07\/11\/the-us-army-arsenal-from-1813-thats-building-weapons-for-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">58-caliber gun tube<\/a> on an M109 Paladin howitzer chassis, aiming to fire out to 70 kilometers \u2014 roughly double current cannon ranges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2024\/03\/11\/us-army-scraps-extended-range-cannon-artillery-prototype-effort\/\" target=\"_blank\">decided to cancel the ERCA program<\/a>, the Army acknowledged it still had a requirement for a long-range cannon, and so it gave industry the opportunity last fall to show readily available and fielded systems abroad. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2024\/10\/15\/why-the-army-is-looking-abroad-to-close-a-widening-artillery-gun-gap\/\" target=\"_blank\">A team traveled to Germany, South Korea, Sweden and Israel<\/a> to see those systems in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the service is planning another Yuma-based demonstration for January 2026. The Army plans to award each industry team roughly $5 million to bring in artillery systems for a nine-month evaluation process before nailing down requirements and developing a strategy, according to a draft solicitation on the government contracts website <a href=\"http:\/\/sam.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sam.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official solicitation for the evaluation was expected to be posted weeks ago but had yet to be released as of Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While some might argue the future demonstration is a repeat of the 2021 round, industry is seeing the effort as an opportunity to show more capability. It opens the aperture for systems to be demonstrated that might not have existed just a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2023\/10\/09\/armys-upcoming-artillery-strategy-has-a-big-menu-to-choose-from\/\" target=\"_blank\">Artillery modernization has been moving at full force<\/a> as cannon warfare plays out in Ukraine. Several of the systems likely to be demonstrated at Yuma have now had a chance to prove their capabilities in the country fighting against the Russian invasion that began in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time the Army is looking not only at the range and mobility of the cannons, but emphasizing a thorough evaluation of the rate of fire and the ability to shoot, move, shoot again, and then be resupplied.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2024\/10\/15\/why-the-army-is-looking-abroad-to-close-a-widening-artillery-gun-gap\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1945434214.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why the Army is looking abroad to close a widening artillery gun gap<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Operations in Ukraine have proven artillery is essential, but needs to adapt. The Army continues to decipher a path to modernize artillery in its ranks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re asking us to demonstrate rate of fire, not just on the howitzer, but the ability to reload the howitzer, so now you have ammunition-carrying vehicles with some reload capability that helps them get after, \u2018How fast can this thing actually do what it\u2019s supposed to do on the battlefield?\u2019\u201d BAE Systems\u2019 company vice president Jim Miller told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe always had rate of fire on the howitzer. But, you know, I was a battalion commander in the early 2000s. I was pretty comfortable that I could win the first couple fights, but I wasn\u2019t going to get a resupply of ammo fast enough to do anything in the second fight, right? And so that\u2019s the challenge they\u2019re going to pursue,\u201d Miller added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BAE Systems is submitting its Archer system for the demonstration, which it demonstrated in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elbit Systems America, which submitted its Atmos self-propelled howitzer system in 2021, demonstrated its newer Sigma howitzer last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New competitors are likely to be present at the demonstration, too. General Dynamics Land Systems, Rheinmetall and Hanwha all demonstrated capability in November and December for the U.S. Army and plan to submit systems for the upcoming evaluation effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s possible others could emerge as the Army opens up the aperture. The previous demonstration in 2021, for example, locked out Hanwha\u2019s K9 tracked system because it required the systems be wheeled. Companies with smaller vehicles and different gun systems could be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can\u2019t maneuver without artillery,\u201d Gen. James Rainey, commander of Army Futures Command, told reporters last week at a conference in Arlington, Virginia. \u201cThat\u2019s the Army\u2019s main contribution to the joint force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2024\/03\/27\/army-artillery-needs-more-range-mobility-and-autonomy-study-finds\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ERCA.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army artillery needs more range, mobility and autonomy, study finds<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army&#039;s conventional fires study is leading the service to focus on munitions range and capacity as well as more mobile and autonomous systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">High explosive artillery \u201cis indisputably the number one killer on both sides. So that is not going away, so modernizing, transforming our tactical cannons \u2026 towed artillery is problematic,\u201d Rainey said. \u201cThere\u2019s some partners, we have some allies who have really, really good, interesting mobile cannons that we\u2019re looking to partner with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstration will also serve as a way to look again at the Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2024\/03\/27\/army-artillery-needs-more-range-mobility-and-autonomy-study-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\">overall plan for fires capability.<\/a> According to several industry sources, a fires strategy was presented to the Army vice chief of staff in January, but he rejected it because it was limited to one solution and didn\u2019t consider things like rockets. The vice sent the strategists back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who will play at Yuma round two?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army plans to select teams for the demonstration in the first quarter of fiscal 2026. While those companies will get some government dollars to attend, there is a pay-to-play element, as the teams will still need to provide some funding to get the systems to Yuma and provide all ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And many of the systems will need to be borrowed from the companies or even other governments. Artillery systems are in high demand amid the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s Hanwha wants to bring both a tracked and wheeled version of its K9 howitzer, if they\u2019re available, according to company officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tracked version is fielded among over 10 allied countries, six of which are NATO members. The wheeled version is in development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur goal and intent is to fully be ready to deliver both a tracked and a wheeled platform,\u201d Jason Pak, Hanwha Defense USA\u2019s director of business development, told Defense News. The company is \u201cfull steam ahead in terms of accelerating the production of a wheeled variant,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/12\/17\/us-army-mobile-howitzer-shoot-off-participants-emerge\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ElbitAmerica_ATMOSIronSabre_12-17-20.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Army mobile howitzer shoot-off participants emerge<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army has picked its mobile howitzer candidates for its upcoming shoot-off in the Arizona desert. Those participating companies are beginning to emerge.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, while the K9 A1 variant requires three or four people to crew the system, the K9 A2 will allow the crew to drop to two with the introduction of an autoloader said Carl Poppe, Hanwha Defense USA business development director. The Korean Army will field the first A2 unit in 2027, and it will enter production shortly, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BAE Systems would bring back Archer, but it could bring the system on a new MAN truck, which is what the Swedish government has ordered as part of its modernization of the system, according to Miller. The company has swapped out the system\u2019s ride, even demonstrating it on a vehicle from Oshkosh Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the company continues to present the option to the Army \u2014 separately from the demonstration effort \u2014 of a PIM howitzer with a 52-caliber gun tube, Miller said. The current gun is a 39-caliber cannon tube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elbit, which demonstrated Sigma in the fall, is expected to bring the system to Yuma. Sigma is in full-rate production in Charleston, South Carolina, and Elbit is fielding the cannon system to the Israeli Defense Forces, according to Luke Savoie, the company\u2019s president and CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American Rheinmetall Vehicles plans to bring what it demonstrated in Germany last fall: the RCH 155, a howitzer developed through a joint arrangement between the company and KNDS and created from an association of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Nexter. The system is integrated onto a Boxer armored fighting vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2024\/03\/11\/us-army-scraps-extended-range-cannon-artillery-prototype-effort\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ERCAYuma.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Army scraps Extended Range Cannon Artillery prototype effort<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army is changing directions in its effort to field a long-range cannon, scrapping its 58-caliber prototype in favor of considering available systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GDLS is submitting its Piranha system on a 10&#215;10 platform using the same 52-caliber gun mounted on the KNDS-Rheinmetall RCH 155.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s fully automated,\u201d Kendall Linson, the US business development manager for GLDS, said in a recent interview. \u201cThe crew size is reduced significantly from what we currently have, of five to six people, down to two or three. The vehicle could handle two &#8230; It\u2019s all fully automated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team is confident that with the ammunition it will bring, it could achieve desired ranges from the ERCA program, Linson noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a new team in the mix, Linson said, \u201cWe\u2019re really happy about that opportunity to get into that adjacent market \u2026 a market that we\u2019re not in right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Army demonstration next year will help carve out the service&#8217;s fires strategy and determine a way forward for the future of its artillery formations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":28938,"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":[160,29,88,12,14,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3330],"class_list":["post-69870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-digital-show-dailies","category-global-force-symposium","category-industry","category-land","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"VT7SC5Q3CVHNPJARCLZIMR5XCE","arc_canonical_url":"\/land\/2025\/03\/24\/whats-next-for-army-artillery-modernization-more-demos\/","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>What\u2019s next for Army artillery modernization? 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