BONUS is an artillery-launched, fire-and-forget munition capable of successfully combating any armored vehicle. Compatible with the majority of existing artillery guns, BONUS is handled just like a conventional shell. When launched from any 155mm artillery system, the BONUS carrier shell separates to deploy two sensor-fuzed munitions that then search for targets within a given footprint, up to 32,000 square meters.
The munition also features a base-bleed design, which increases its range to a maximum of 35 kilometers when fired from a NATO L52 gun. Each of the two expelled munitions independently seeks and neutralizes its own target. By carrying two smart munitions within the BONUS shell, its mission success per round is far greater than with traditional ammunition.
Developed and produced in cooperation by BAE Systems in Sweden and Nexter in France, BONUS is currently in use by several countries, including Finland, France, Norway and Sweden.
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U.S. Army to deploy additional BAE Systems 155mm BONUS precision-guided munitions
The U.S. Army is increasing its arsenal of precision-guided munitions through a contract option it’s exercising with BAE Systems for additional 155mm BONUS artillery rounds. -
U.S. Army purchases additional 155mm BONUS munitions
The U.S. Army is buying additional advanced BONUS munitions manufactured by BAE Systems and Nexter of France. -
Swedish Army selects Bofors 155mm BONUS munition
This order from the Swedish Army is part of growing interest in BONUS around the globe.
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U.S. Army purchases additional 155mm BONUS munitionsThe U.S. Army is buying additional advanced BONUS munitions manufactured by BAE Systems and Nexter of France.
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BAE Systems' ARCHER 155mm mobile howitzer shortlisted by Swiss Armed ForcesThe Swiss government has shortlisted BAE Systems’ ARCHER 155mm mobile howitzer as one of the systems going into the final round of competition for its future artillery system.
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BAE Systems’ 155mm ARCHER successfully completes U.S. Army’s shoot-off evaluationBAE Systems, Inc.’s 155mm ARCHER wheeled howitzer system successfully completed testing during the U.S. Army’s “shoot off” evaluation, as the service evaluates whether to add a wheeled capability to its arsenal.
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U.S. Army to deploy additional BAE Systems 155mm BONUS precision-guided munitionsThe U.S. Army is increasing its arsenal of precision-guided munitions through a contract option it’s exercising with BAE Systems for additional 155mm BONUS artillery rounds.
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ARCHER wheeled howitzer offered for U.S. Army's 155 mm gun systemBAE Systems has proposed its ARCHER howitzer in response to the U.S. Army’s request for proposals for a 155 mm wheeled gun system.
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Swedish Army selects Bofors 155mm BONUS munitionThis order from the Swedish Army is part of growing interest in BONUS around the globe.
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U.S. Army to procure BAE Systems’ 155mm BONUS precision-guided munitionsThe U.S. Army is adding BAE Systems’ Bofors 155mm BONUS ammunition to its arsenal, through a contract with the NSPA (NATO Support and Procurement Agency).
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U.S. Army purchases additional 155mm BONUS munitionsThe U.S. Army is buying additional advanced BONUS munitions manufactured by BAE Systems and Nexter of France.
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BAE Systems' ARCHER 155mm mobile howitzer shortlisted by Swiss Armed ForcesThe Swiss government has shortlisted BAE Systems’ ARCHER 155mm mobile howitzer as one of the systems going into the final round of competition for its future artillery system.
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BAE Systems’ 155mm ARCHER successfully completes U.S. Army’s shoot-off evaluationBAE Systems, Inc.’s 155mm ARCHER wheeled howitzer system successfully completed testing during the U.S. Army’s “shoot off” evaluation, as the service evaluates whether to add a wheeled capability to its arsenal.