Tag Archives: CAESAR

Nexter Reports Record Year for CAESAR Orders

The French and Lithuanian Defense ministers signed a technical arrangement for cooperation in the artillery field, including an order for 18 CAESAR 6X6 MkII for the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The Czech Republic ordered 10 CAESAR 8X8 to complete the 52 systems ordered in 2021. These contracts bring to 55 the …

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Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s Excalibur artillery projectile fired at record range from CAESAR howitzer

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, in partnership with the U.S. Army and French company Nexter successfully fired Excalibur artillery projectiles from a CAESAR self-propelled howitzer. The test proved compatibility between Excalibur, the U.S. Army’s Modular Artillery Charge System (MACS) and CAESAR. During the demonstration the CAESAR-fired Excalibur …

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Czech Republic officially orders 52 CAESAR 8×8 from Nexter

Czech Defense Minister Lubomír Metnar signed a contract for the acquisition of 52 CAESAR self-propelled artillery guns in an eight-wheel drive (8×8) version, in the presence of French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly and Nicolas Chamussy, CEO of Nexter Group. With this major order, the Czech Republic becomes …

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Nexter unveils the CAESAR® 8×8 for the first time on Eurosatory

Villepinte, 13th June 2014 – Nexter is present for this 2016 edition of the International Defence and Security Show, Eurosatory, which is being held from 13th to 17th June. Armed with two centuries of experience and thanks to internationally recognised expertise, Nexter is one of the world’s five leading artillery …

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