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Army Assessing Proposals From New Cohort On Ideas To Increase ERCA’s Rate Of Fire

Army Assessing Proposals From New Cohort On Ideas To Increase ERCA’s Rate Of Fire
Extended Range Cannon Artillery. Photo: U.S. Army

The Army has received final proposals from its small business cohort program to find innovative ideas to increase the rate of fire for its future Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) system, with plans to select five concepts to move forward in the coming weeks. Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, director of the Long Range Precision Fires Cross Functional Team, said the concepts out of the Fire Faster Cohort will help inform the Army’s decision later this year on a path forward…

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