"To build new rounds — and there are programs like that — are very expensive, more than 10 times what PGK would cost." The PGK fuze screws into the fuze well of 155mm high-explosive artillery ...

The PGK "smart" rounds fell within 10 meters of their target, with three "steel on steel" direct hits. "I've only done that seven or eight times in my life," said Crowe of conventional shells.

The Precision Guidance Kit Modernization (PGK-M) is now being developed to replace the standard PGK rounds, which consist of a unguided 155 round with a GPS-fuze built into it; the concept with ...

"PGK ensures that any rounds that would normally land more than 150 meters (from the target) fail safe," McDonough said. "Fail safe is when a round continues on its trajectory and lands, ...

The Precision Guidance Kit Modernization (PGK-M) is now being developed to replace the standard PGK rounds, which consist of a unguided 155 round with a GPS-fuze built into it; the concept with ...

During the testing, PGK-fuzed rounds were fired from both the M109A6 Paladin 155mm self-propelled Howitzer and the M777A2 155mm lightweight towed Howitzer and passed the accuracy objective ...

The Precision Guidance Kit Modernization (PGK-M) is now being developed to replace the standard PGK rounds, which consist of a unguided 155 round with a GPS-fuze built into it; the concept with ...

While the first increment of the PGK program is focused on improving accuracy of 155-mm rounds, BAE Systems today released the first look at a 105-mm projectile equipped with the company's PGK ...

Northrop Grumman is providing additional M1156 Precision Guidance Kits (PGKs) for artillery systems operated by the US Army, under a new $74.68 million contract modification announced by the DoD on 26 ...

Last year, we told you about a remarkable new weapons system that Raytheon has developed for the U.S. Army -- "remarkable" in more ways than one. Fired from a Paladin self-propelled howitzer ...

The U.S. Army currently fields three major GPS-guided artillery weapons and guidance systems: the M982 Excalibur 155-millimeter round, the XM1156 Precision Guided Kit GPS add-on that screws onto ...