Rome wasn't built in a day… but they were laying bricks every hour. This statement rings particularly true in the case of the work being done for the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) project.

U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground conducts developmental testing of multiple facets of the Extended Range Cannon Artillery project, from artillery shells to the longer cannon tube and larger firing ...

The ERCA weapon is quickly moving through the paces ahead of an operational assessment in 2022 and fielding in 2023. (Ana Henderson/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is preparing to select an ...

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — As the Army Futures Command continues its modernization efforts with long range precision fires, its cross-functional teams along with U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Extended Range Cannon Artillery system at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. (Ana Henderson/U.S. Army) The Army is maturing ...

Slowly but surely, the Army is ratcheting up the range on its new XM1299 Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) system, a major step forward for the service’s modernization of its long-range precision ...

The Army’s next-generation artillery system can nail targets at twice the range of the service’s existing howitzers, but apparently it will remain nameless for the time being despite recent posts on ...

The US Army fired three M982A1 Excalibur weapons from its Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) prototype on 19 December, and after a rocky start the final round directly hit a target at a 70 km ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON — The Army and industry teams have hit new distance records in recent tests as part of an effort to develop advanced ...

The Army's Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) system successfully hit a target 43 miles away, or 70 kilometers, during a test at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona on Saturday. The successful test ...