US Army asks Congress to shift dollars to cover long-range cannon munition demo

The Army is asking Congress to shift $24 million in fiscal year 2018 funding to help pay for a demonstration of a hit-to-kill munition critical to its long-range cannon program, according to a reprogramming request dated June 25 and sent to Capitol Hill.

The request is part of a larger omnibus reprogramming document seeking permission from congressional defense committees to reallocate funding from the current and two previous fiscal years.

The munition is important to the Army’s top priority — Long-Range Precision Fires — because it will be used in the service’s Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) weapon system under development.