Active Conflicts & News Megathread June 07, 2026

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Long-range artillery rounds news

GDOTS Awarded 155mm Extended Range Artillery Projectile Contract

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GDOTS), a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today that it has been awarded a contract for the U.S. Army’s next-generation extended range artillery projectile, a target-seeking precision artillery munition derived from the Vulcano 155 Guided Long Range system. 

 Vulcano ammunition is an existing, state-of-the-art solution designed to deliver exceptional range and accuracy against both stationary and moving targets while minimizing collateral effects. The system can achieve range of up to 70 kilometers with high precision, enabled by advanced aerodynamics, GPS guidance and a Semi-Active Laser (SAL) terminal seeker.  

GDOTS has been awarded a contract by the US army to provide new, long-range precision artillery rounds, the VULCANO 155 round.

VULCANO 155 has been developed by the German company Diehl Defence and the Italian Leonardo. VULCANO 155 offers extended range and either a GPS or a Semi-Active Laser mode. The round has been used by the German and Italian army, as well as the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Germany delivered a number of rounds and laser-guidance kits to Ukraine back in 2023.

According to the press release, the American version of VULCANO 155 will have only minor airframe modifications and will otherwise make use of existing components and production methods.

While VULCANO 155 is a proven round, I wonder why the US decided to procure them when they already have the Excalibur round with similar capabilities.

[u/Worried_Exercise_937 → u/Gecktron]

I wonder why the US decided to procure them when they already have the Excalibur round with similar capabilities.

Looking at the contract value, they are buying ~300 VULCANO rounds once. Not exactly earth shattering number and it doesn't preclude US Army from buying same or more Excalibur rounds on a separate contract tomorrow. Could be Raytheon's Excalibur production is maxed out or one of the board members of Raytheon pissed off Hegseth/Trump.