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Army Announces Five Firms Working On ERCA ‘Fire Faster’ Concepts, Detail Autoloader Progress

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, April 16th, 2021

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Army Announces Five Firms Working On ERCA ‘Fire Faster’ Concepts, Detail Autoloader Progress

Extended Range Cannon Artillery. Photo: U.S. Army

The Army has selected five small businesses to refine concepts for delivering a faster rate of fire for the future Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) system, while the service continues a parallel effort on its own autoloader with a key demonstration planned for September. Senior program officials provided an ERCA update to reporters last Thursday, including plans to accept another group of test systems shortly which will undergo two years of testing before delivering 18 prototype capabilities to a battalion…

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Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

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Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

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CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

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Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]