Defense officials in Berlin are expected to award contracts for an initial demonstrator phase by year's end.
Nexter has increased monthly Caesar production to six from two before the war, and the target “in the time to come” is 12 cannons per month.
The agreement for the Main Ground Combat System caps years of wrangling over national preferences for the two main industry actors.
Based on the existing PULS artillery rocket produced by Elbit, the new kit will offer a Europeanized version to countries in the region.
