U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile Completes Longest Flight to Date Our Bureau 550
Precision Strike Missile
Lockheed Martin said its Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) successfully completed the fourth consecutive flight test with the U.S. Army today in a 400-kilometer demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
The PrSM was fired from a HIMARS launcher and flew with expected precision to the target area where it once again demonstrated a highly accurate and effective warhead event.
Test objectives included confirming flight trajectory, range and accuracy from launch to impact, as well as warhead lethality, HIMARS integration and overall missile performance.
Lockheed Martin’s Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Soars In Flight Test
Lockheed Martin successfully tested its next-generation Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (ER GMLRS) munition in an 80-kilometer flight demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. During the flight test, the ER GMLRS round was fired from the U.S. Army’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS®) launcher, built by Lockheed Martin, meeting test objectives.
“Our new Extended-Range GMLRS significantly increases the range of the current system, offering the choice of munitions for longer distances and improving options with the same reliability and accuracy our customers have come to expect,” said Gaylia Campbell, vice president of Precision Fires and Combat Maneuver Systems at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “Our team is dedicated to conducting extensive developmental test
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US Army’s extended-range guided rocket sees successful 80-kilometer test shot March 5 A GMLRS rocket launches from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during exercise Iron Rage at McGregor Range, N.M.. The rocket traveled just under 30 kilometers, impacting about 5 meters from the target. (Abigail Waldrop/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON The U.S. Army’s new extended-range version of its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System had a successful 80-kilometer flight demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on March 4, according to a Lockheed Martin announcement. Lockheed Martin is the manufacturer for the GMLRS munition and has worked with the Army to double the rocket’s reach through extended-range capability development.