{"id":63951,"date":"2026-06-16T08:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/63951\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:12:07","slug":"general-atomics-wins-contract-for-armys-erap-program-joining-two-other-vendors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/63951\/","title":{"rendered":"General Atomics wins contract for Army’s ERAP program, joining two other vendors"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems<\/a> (GA-EMS) announced<\/a> it was awarded a contract to develop a 155-mm<\/a> projectile for the Army\u2019s Extended Range Artillery Projective (ERAP) program, joining General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems<\/a> (GD-OTS) and BAE Systems<\/a> who were previously awarded for the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOver time we have expanded our production capacity, advanced our scaling innovations, and reinforced our readiness to design, qualify, produce, and deliver next\u2011generation munitions.\u201d Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS said in a company release Friday. \u201cThis award confirms that GA\u2011EMS is ready to deliver extended\u2011range, precision capabilities that give the warfighter unmatched standoff range and lethality.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The ERAP program, also referred to as the XM1155 program, was kickstarted in 2024 and is the Army\u2019s initiative to find a 155-mm projectile that can hit moving targets at ranges beyond 65 km (40 miles) such as self-propelled howitzers<\/a>, infantry fighting vehicles, multiple rocket launchers, tanks and maritime targets. The XM1155 was previously being developed under the now scrapped<\/a> Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) program.<\/p>\n

According to an Army request for information<\/a> from 2024, the service is seeking solutions that can reach Initial Operational Capability (IOC) fielding by fiscal year 2030 and begin low-rate production by the second quarter of FY29.\u00a0The solutions must also be compatible with existing and future howitzers, the Army later stated,<\/a> with the latter referring to the Army\u2019s current self-propelled howitzer competition which the service is expected to award next month<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

GA-EMS\u2019 announcement comes a week after GD-OTS announced<\/a> it was also awarded a developmental contract under the ERAP program for its Vulcano 155 Guided Long Range system. The Vulcano is developed by Italian firm Leonardo Electronics and German firm Diehl Defence. GD-OTS is in charge of \u201ctransitioning\u201d the production lines into the United States, per the company\u2019s release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe system can achieve [a] range of up to 70 kilometers with high precision, enabled by advanced aerodynamics, GPS guidance and a Semi-Active Laser (SAL) terminal seeker,\u201d GD-OTS\u2019 release from June 5 read. \u201cIn addition to the SAL seeker configuration, the ammunition is also available with advanced Far-Infra Red seeker capable of engaging Sea Targets. Both configurations can provide precision engagement even in GPS-contested environments.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the Defense Department\u2019s Ordnance Technology<\/a> website, BAE Systems was also awarded a contract to develop its version of the new 155-mm projectile. However, the company has not released any announcements on the matter, and the company did not respond to a request for comment about the award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced it was awarded a contract to develop a 155-mm projectile…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21224],"tags":[30442,4977,21234,8160,30443,30444],"class_list":["post-63951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bae","tag-155mm","tag-army","tag-bae","tag-bae-systems","tag-general-atomics-electromagnetic-systems","tag-general-dynamics"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116758783078870339","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}