
The Army has awarded BAE Systems a $45 million deal to develop a prototype for the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) program, the company said Monday. BAE Systems will work to integrate the first ERCA prototype, designed to increase range and rate of fire, on its M109A7 self-propelled howitzer. “ERCA is a significant technological step forward for the Army’s artillery portfolio,” Scott Davis, vice president of programs for BAE Systems’ combat vehicles division, said in a statement. “We were selected…