Artillery, Mortars and Rockets - Fire Support

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June 2008

• Rafael Expands Air and Missile Defense Family of Weapons
• First FCS's All-Automatic, Ultra-lightweight 155mm Howitzer unveiled
• KMW, GD Introduce an Autonomous, Air-deployable Self Propelled Artillery

May 2008

• SAMP/T Air defense Missile Tested During Operational Capability Evaluation
• First Battery of THAAD Weapon System Activated at Fort Bliss
• Army C-RAM Intercepts 100th Mortar Bomb in Iraq

March 2008

• Excalibur GPS Artillery Projectile Debuts in Afghanistan

February 2008

• U.S., Israel Pursue Counter Rocket, Artillery & Mortar (CRAM) Weapons

January 2008

• ATK, ADG (Mecar) team to Modernize Stocks of Aging Tank Ammo
• US Sells TOW Missiles, Guided Weapons for Persian Gulf States
• Israeli Infantry Battalions to Improve Fire Support

December 2007

• Saab Scores Two Export Contracts, for Arthur & BILL-2

November 2007

• Modernizing Fire Support
• Air Defense Modernization
• British MoD Orders German Smart Munitions for 155mm AS-90 Guns
• KVH Develops Compact, Low-Cost Northfinding Module for Portable Applications

October 2007

• Artillery & Missile Systems at DSEi 2007

July 2007

• US Army Launches a Solid-State, Mobile, High Energy Laser Weapon Technology Demonstrator
• FCS Team Gets Green Light for NLOS-Cannon Production

June 2007

• Russian Iskander M Hits "within a meter" from its target

May 2007

• Excalibur Retains High Precision at Maximum Range

April 2007

• Army Orders Excalibur Guided Artillery Projectiles
• British Royal Artillery to Deploy GMLRS to Afghanistan
• Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) Improves Artillery Fire Accuracy
• US Marines's Forward Observers Gear up For Excalibur
• India Floats Self Propelled Artillery Tenders
• Russia's Almaz Antei Expands, Pursuing New Air Defense System
• THAAD Scores 2nd Kill In An Endo-Atmospheric Intercept
• 18 Additional Longbow Apaches For the US Army
• New Gunships for Russian Special Forces
• BAE Systems To Build 57mm Turrets for the Fourth LCS

March 2007

• US Army Enhances, Standardize Patriot Units
• US Army to Evaluate C-RAM Gun System
• Army, BAE Systems Unveil the Future Mortar Firing Platform

January 2007

• 60 Additional HIMARS Ordered for U.S. Army, Marines
• Archer Program Receives Funding for Continued Development
• Lockheed Martin Gets 240 Million for HIMARS, GMLRS

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