The Army wants to see an 824% surge in fiscal year 2027 research and development dollars for an artillery budget account tied to its Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC) effort, recently released budget documents reveal. The artillery systems engineering, manufacturing and development line in the Pentagon’s FY-27 budget request would swell to $709 million in discretionary spending if enacted -- nine times more than the $77 million in total spending the year prior. The figure is far higher than the most...