Army completes initial testing of BAE Systems' M777E1 howitzer

The first test trials of the M777E1 155mm lightweight howitzer using the Global Positioning System-guided XM 982 Excalibur projectile have been completed, BAE Systems said. The test trials, at the Yuma Proving Grounds near Yuma, Ariz., involved the firing of seven XM 982 instrumented test...

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