HOWITZER: The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded BAE Systems a $135 million contract for low-rate initial production of the M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer, the company said Dec. 2. The M777 is 7,000 ...

Growing up on a farm south of Jefferson City, Leon Beck acquired an early immersion in leadership when elected president of the Stringtown-Corinth 4-H Club in 1957, followed by his experience as ...

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepare to fire an M777 155mm howitzer during an artillery live-fire range on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, ...

A new report says artillery shell producers are far short of a goal to manufacture 100,000 Howitzer shells per month.