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The US Army has successfully completed its first soldier-led Limited User Test of Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) during a milestone flight test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
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In this demonstration, Army personnel launched two PrSM missiles from a HIMARS system in a long-range test against designated targets, showcasing the system’s operational readiness. The test, conducted entirely by soldiers, represents a major milestone for the PrSM program, a critical component of the Army’s modernisation efforts.
Carolyn Orzechowski, vice president of Precision Fires Launchers and Missiles at Lockheed Martin, congratulated the teams involved in delivering this milestone, saying, “This achievement underscores the program’s maturity and reinforces the system’s reliability for our Army partner.”
As the PrSM program progresses, Lockheed Martin continues to integrate advanced 21st Century Security technologies into both current and future variants, ensuring enhanced interoperability and expanded maritime capabilities.
“The PrSM program has consistently demonstrated the ability to deliver accurate and reliable performance,” Orzechowski said.
The PrSM is Lockheed Martin’s next-generation, long-range precision-strike missile designed for the US Army and allies, including Australia, which has committed to fielding the PrSM missile in its own fleet of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).
This new surface-to-surface weapon system will deliver enhanced capabilities to attack, neutralise, suppress and destroy targets using missile-delivered indirect fires out to 499+ kilometres.
PrSM provides the Joint Force Commander with increased range, lethality, survivability and missile load out. These enhanced capabilities are critical to the successful execution of fires in support of combined Joint All Domain Operations.
Featuring an open systems architecture for affordability and adaptability, PrSM is designed to support future upgrades and is compatible with the M142 HIMARS and M270A2 MLRS platforms.
Australia initially committed to a batch of 20 HIMARS with an additional 22 HIMARS announced in January 2023, with AU$1.6 billion to help accelerate the critical acquisition. As part of expanding Australia’s long-range strike capability, Australia’s HIMARS will be equipped with the current in-development PrSM, expected to provide a maximum striking range of more than 500 kilometres.
The HIMARS platform is a highly mobile, combat-proven system, transportable by C-130 or C-17 aircraft, with the first of Australia’s initial batch of HIMARS to be delivered in 2025 and the remainder expected to be delivered by 2027.
