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BAE Signs CRADA With Army DEVCOM To Further Develop M109-52 Howitzer Prototype

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, June 23rd, 2025

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BAE Signs CRADA With Army DEVCOM To Further Develop M109-52 Howitzer Prototype

M109-52. Photo: BAE Systems.

BAE Systems has signed an agreement with the Army to work on furthering development of its M109-52 self-propelled howitzer prototype, the company has said. The new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM-AC) follows BAE Systems’ recent demonstration of the M109-52 to inform the service’s search for a future howitzer platform. “We are working with DEVCOM-AC to continue modernizing the U.S. Army’s long-range precision fires needs,” Dan Furber, artillery product line director…

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