A contract signed in May worth nearly $57.6 million will supply the US Army with further M109A7 artillery systems and M992A3 caterpillar ammunition vehicles. Production works will be carried out at the York plant in the state of Pennsylvania. To date, the full value of orders for M109A7 and M992A3 amounted to over USD 2.5 billion. fresh cannonhaubices and ammunition trucks are created by redevelopment of earlier versions, which in the case of Paladin means changing the chassis to much more modern. US Army plans to have at least 700 specified artillery systems. In March of that year, a $318 million contract was signed to proceed the method support of these vehicles for 5 years.
