A precision-guided 155m artillery round, called Excalibur, first emerged in warfare in 2007. “In rugged terrain, a shaped trajectory allows a modified trajectory that can enable new effects against targets. With a shaped trajectory you can ‘bend that trajectory,’” Shawn Ball, Excalibur Business Development lead, Raytheon, told Warrior in an interview. ARMY GENERAL DESCRIBES MASSIVE 'WAR ON CORONAVIRUS'In order to engineer the “shaped trajectory” round, weapons developers made software adjustments and upgrades to the existing Excalibur Ib round . The shaped trajectory is pre-programmed into the round by the crew,” Ball explained.

Source: Fox News May 08, 2020 22:30 UTC