Remote-Controlled Guns to Be Made in Telford in £1bn Deal
The contract will replace donated AS90 guns and support 500 jobs across Britain, officials said.
- On May 13, the Ministry of Defence announced Britain signed a nearly $1.33 billion contract for 72 RCH 155 Remote-Controlled Howitzers, with first deliveries expected in 2028.
- Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Simon Hamilton said the guns mark a "first significant milestone in replenishing" the Army's artillery after Britain donated its primary AS90 systems to Ukraine.
- The RCH 155 mounts a 155mm weapon system on a BOXER chassis, operated by just two soldiers; European companies Rheinmetall and KNDS will build the systems on British soil, supporting at least 500 jobs.
- Defence Secretary John Healey said, "This major investment is defence delivering for the battlefield and for Britain's economy." The project utilizes British steel from Sheffield Forgemasters, supporting the UK Steel Strategy.
- Part of the UK-Germany Trinity House Agreement signed in October 2024, the collaboration strengthens NATO against growing Russian aggression as the government targets 2.6 per cent of GDP defence spending from 2027.
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The Independent (US)British Army to be equipped with remote-controlled guns in £1bn deal
The guns will be manufactured on British soil in Telford and Stockport
UK buys 72 next-generation RCH 155 howitzers
Britain has signed a nearly £1 billion, approximately $1.33 billion, contract for 72 RCH 155 remote-controlled howitzers, the Ministry of Defence announced May 13, 2026. The contract was awarded by the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation, known as OCCAR, on behalf of the British Army to ARTEC GmbH, a joint venture between KNDS and Rheinmetall. […]
UK to spend $1.35 billion on new howitzers for the British Army
Britain will spend one billion pounds on seventy-two remote-controlled howitzers. This purchase modernizes the army and fills a war-fighting capability gap. Deliveries of the RCH 155 vehicles are expected from 2028. The contract supports over 500 jobs in the United Kingdom. The new artillery systems can fire at long distances and move at high speeds.
The country had given up weapons systems to Ukraine and now wants to close the gap in defence capacity, for which it spends more than a billion dollars.
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