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BAE Systems To Produce Archer Artillery For Sweden, Norway

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Friday, April 2nd, 2010

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BAE Systems has been awarded a $200 million contract to begin production of 48 Archer 155mm self-propelled artillery gun systems and their associated ammunition handling systems for the Swedish and Norwegian armed forces. The first operational systems are expected to be delivered in October 2011 and production will continue over the following two years. The production contract follows a $146 million development program that began in 2003. Mike Smith, managing director of BAE, Global Combat Systems Weapons, said: "Archer is…

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