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Army

Army Officially Puts Out Call For Industry’s MTC-Tracked Solutions To Replace M109

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026

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Army Officially Puts Out Call For Industry’s MTC-Tracked Solutions To Replace M109

M109A7 self-propelled howitzer

The Army has officially put out a call for industry’s solutions to meet its new tracked artillery modernization requirement, as it aims to find a replacement for the M109 self-propelled howitzer that it says “faces range and lethality challenges” for modern operations. A new notice published Monday offered more details into the Army’s Mobile Tactical Cannon-Tracked (MTC-T) initiative that includes asking eventual awardees to deliver up to 18 prototypes, with “significant priority placed on the earliest achievable delivery” of six…

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