{"id":119315,"date":"2025-10-13T13:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/119315\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T13:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:19:12","slug":"bae-systems-scorpio-xr-extended-range-artillery-projectile-strikes-a-decisive-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/119315\/","title":{"rendered":"BAE Systems&#8217; Scorpio-XR extended range artillery projectile strikes a decisive blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 13, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; BAE Systems (LON: BA) and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM AC) successfully tested the Scorpio-XR artillery projectile from a 155mm howitzer. With multiple shots significantly exceeding test objective requirements by guiding to and impacting the target, the tests demonstrated the compatibility of the Scorpio-XR rounds with 155mm 52-caliber Joint Ballistics Memorandum of Understanding howitzers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"#\" class=\"tabfocus\" role=\"button\"><img title=\"BAE Systems and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center successfully tested the Scorpio-XR artillery projectile from a 155mm howitzer. (Credit: BAE Systems)\" data-getimg=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2794210\/BAE_Systems_Scorpio_XR.jpg?w=500\" id=\"imageid_2\" alt=\"BAE Systems and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center successfully tested the Scorpio-XR artillery projectile from a 155mm howitzer. (Credit: BAE Systems)\" class=\"gallery-thumb img-responsive\" rel=\"newsImage\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n        BAE Systems and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center successfully tested the Scorpio-XR artillery projectile from a 155mm howitzer. (Credit: BAE Systems)&#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We continue to push the boundaries of precision in long-range artillery systems and will continue to build on this success and explore the full potential of how this technology will impact the future of artillery systems,&#8221; said Jason Casciotti, program director for Combat Systems Development at BAE Systems. &#8220;The successful demonstration of the Scorpio-XR rounds is a major achievement for the program, and we&#8217;re proud of the progress we&#8217;ve made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This major program milestone shows BAE Systems&#8217; ability to partner with the Army to advance guided-projectile technology to deliver key innovations at the round. When combined with advanced sensors, the Scorpio-XR will have the ability to achieve precision at ranges more than doubling existing cannon artillery munitions and improve lethality of division-level 155mm artillery weapon systems in contested environments.<\/p>\n<p>Formerly referred to as the XM1155-SC, the advanced long-range precision fires munition is now known as Scorpio-XR \u2013 a name that reflects its enhanced capability, extended range, and lethality overmatch for the U.S. Army brigade and division artillery units. Previously, the Scorpio-XR has successfully guided to and engaged targets at record setting distances from a variety of 155mm artillery weapon systems ranging from 39-caliber up to 58-caliber.<\/p>\n<p> <b>For more information, please contact:<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Meier, BAE Systems<br class=\"dnr\"\/>Mobile: +1 586 459 8429<br class=\"dnr\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#baccdbd4dfc9c9db94d7dfd3dfc8fad8dbdfc9c3c9cedfd7c994cfc9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4530918-1&amp;h=1944614476&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baesystems.com%2Fen-us&amp;a=www.baesystems.com%2Fen-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.baesystems.com\/en-us<\/a> <br class=\"dnr\"\/> <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4530918-1&amp;h=2656185844&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbaesystemsinc&amp;a=%40BAESystemsInc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@BAESystemsInc<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE BAE Systems, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=NE95868&amp;Transmission_Id=202510130900PR_NEWS_USPR_____NE95868&amp;DateId=20251013\" style=\"border:0px; width:1px; height:1px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 13, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; BAE Systems (LON: BA) and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[59328,18,19,1297,17,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-119315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-bae-systems","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-inc","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}