The U.S. Army on Wednesday awarded BAE Systems a contract for modifications worth nearly $466 million related to the M109A7 Paladin artillery system, including the purchase of an additional 155mm self-propelled howitzer.
BAE Systems Land and Armaments LP, a business unit of BAE Systems, has been awarded a contract from the US Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal for the M109A7 Self-propelled Gun and M992A3 Aircraft Carrier, Ammunition, Wheeled Vehicles chain; Total Package Fielding supports hardware and support kits.
Work is expected to be completed by December 30, 2026, to be performed in York, Pennsylvania; Sterling Heights, Michigan; Aiken, South Carolina; Elgin, Oklahoma; and Anniston, Alabama.
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The M109A7 is the latest howitzer in the BAE Systems M109 family of vehicles and the primary indirect fire support system for the Army’s Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCTs).
The new long-range artillery system provides the armored brigade combat team with a modernized self-propelled artillery platform that enhances the firefighting function’s ability to maintain and maintain the tempo of an attack. combined armed warfare.
