This smart artillery shell can strike targets with pinpoint accuracy from distances once thought impossible. The M982 ...

WASHINGTON — A new version of Raytheon’s Excalibur precision-guided munition demonstrated in a U.S. Navy test at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, that it can change course to hit moving targets ...

Raytheon Co. just announced that its new laser-guided Excalibur S 155mm artillery round scored direct hits on a moving target in a secret, live-fire test for the Marine Corps last spring.. The ...

First fielded by U.S. forces in Iraq in 2007, the combat-proven M982 Excalibur uses GPS satellite guidance to hit within 2 meters of its target.

Ukraine's commander-in-chief posted a Facebook video showing the effects of the M982 Excalibur. Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhny praised the maximum accuracy of the precision-guided shells. The US has ...

The Excalibur system is designed to work with a variety of artillery and can extend the range of a .52 caliber gun to over 50 km (31 mi) to hit or damage its target with the first round.

Excalibur is also much cheaper to shoot; US Naval Institute news cites an approximate cost of 1/4 the cost of LRLAP. According to other sources the land version costs just $70,000 a round. While ...