Army Awards Contract for Precision Artillery Technology

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Minneapolis, was awarded a $72,766,538 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop and demonstrate navigation and control, networking and payload technologies that enable precision fires at very long ranges for 155 mm projectiles. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with an estimated completion date of April 27, 2026. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $9,022,561 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QK-N-23-C0001).