Lockheed Martin Set to Equip US Army with Next-Gen PrSM for Rapid Deployment
The U.S. Army has granted Lockheed Martin a $158 million deal to create additional Early Operational Capability (EOC) Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM). This marks the second production agreement obtained to date and comes after a successful Manufacturing Readiness Assessment milestone visit with the Army—an essential phase in the enhancement program propelling PrSM closer to deployment.
In September 2021, the U.S. Army initiated the first EOC production and Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contracts.
Lockheed Martin is presently assembling PrSMs to satisfy the Army’s preliminary production agreement, along with supplementary rounds intended for forthcoming system qualification evaluations. The EMD phase will yield a fully certified system and represents the final stage of the enhancement program prior to a full-rate production decision anticipated in 2025.
The subsequent series of flight evaluations is scheduled to commence in 2023. These assessments follow a record-setting flight, which exceeded 499 km last year at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
PrSM serves as the Army’s advanced tactical missile, aligning with the top modernization focus for Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF).
For over 40 years, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has been the foremost designer and manufacturer of long-range, surface-to-surface precision strike solutions, delivering dependable, combat-tested systems such as the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), HIMARS, Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), and Guided MLRS (GMLRS) to both domestic and international clients.
