The US Army and Lockheed Martin have successfully completed the short-range production qualification test launch of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) from an M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher.
The test launch from the launcher was conducted for the first time at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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The Increment 1 missile demonstrated its ability to accurately engage multiple targets, including a radar installation and a rotary wing aircraft, with lethal precision.
Lockheed notes that the short-range flight also validated the missile’s manoeuvrability and precision performance under high-stress operational conditions.
Lockheed Martin precision fires launchers and missiles vice president Carolyn Orzechowski said: “This test shows that PrSM works seamlessly with the Army’s tracked M270A2 launcher, which fires the same munitions as HIMARS.”
With an open systems architecture and modularity, the PrSM is engineered to strike targets beyond 400km.
It is also compatible with High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) family of launchers.
The HIMARS launcher is capable of carrying six guided multiple launch rocket system (GMLRS) rockets, two PrSMs, or one Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), and is designed to deploy the full suite of MLRS munitions.
This flexibility provides artillery units with a new long-range capability that supports a range of military forces.
Orzechowski added: “While PrSM’s primary mission is long range fires, Lockheed Martin validates accuracy and reliability of the missile even at the shortest distances before we provide it to war fighters.”
This test a series of achievements for the PrSM programme, including and previous successful flight tests conducted in February and March 2025
In 2023, the first PrSM long-range precision fire missile was delivered to the US Army, signalling a new era in artillery firepower.
