Over the summer the U.S. Army released a Request For Proposal (RFP) that called for a more mobile, lethal and survivable 155-millimeter system to replace its current fleet of towed howitzers. Last ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems, Inc.’s 155mm ARCHER wheeled howitzer system successfully completed testing during the U.S. Army’s “shoot off” evaluation, as the service evaluates whether to ...

KARLSKOGA, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Swiss government has shortlisted BAE Systems’ ARCHER 155mm mobile howitzer as one of the systems going into the final round of competition for its future ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems has proposed its ARCHER howitzer in response to the U.S. Army’s request for proposals for a 155 mm wheeled gun system. ARCHER is a fully automated weapon ...

Howitzers are impressive weapons. The term has been coined long ago (read centuries), but it only got to be used extensively during the Second World War, when the use of artillery systems really took ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The ARCHER was developed to be deployed quickly, and according to BAE Systems, the platform requires less than 30 seconds from the time an operator receives a call ...

New contract establishes ARCHER as one of the world's leading wheeled artillery systems LONDON, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (LSE: BA) signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel ...

A Swedish BAE Systems Bofors Archer 155 mm/52 artillery system integrated onto a German Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) HX2 (8×8) platform – aimed at the export market – has begun initial ...

LONDON — BAE Systems has unveiled the members of its industry team pitching for a British Army 155mm artillery requirement ahead of the expected launch of the competition early next year. Babcock and ...

LONDON, Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems, Babcock and Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) are joining forces to offer the ARCHER wheeled mobile artillery system to the UK Ministry of Defence ...