Raytheon Excalibur Round Set to Replace LRLAP on Zumwalts
![Marines prepare an Excalibur 155 mm projectile round on Fire Base Bell, Iraq, while conducting fire missions on March 18, 2016. US Marine Corps](https://news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/excalibur_pic007_lg.jpg)
The Navy is looking to Raytheon’s Excalibur guided artillery round to replace the effective but expensive Long Range Land Attack Projectile for the Zumwalt-class of guided missile destroyers, defense officials confirmed to USNI News.
The decision to move ahead with the guided rounds for the 155mm Zumwalts’ BAE Systems-built Advanced Gun Systems is codified in the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget submission, a defense official familiar with the move told USNI News.
...The benefit of Excalibur is the munition is ready now. The GPS-guided round – developed by Raytheon and BAE-Systems Bofors – has about half the range of the 60-mile LRLAP but costs about a quarter of LRLAP’s estimated $1 million per round price tag.
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