U.S. Army Goes to Lockheed Martin for PrSM

The U.S. Army Contracting Command (Redstone Arsenal, Ala.) is looking to Lockheed Martin for its next-generation Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), Increment One. They have awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. (Grand Prairie, Texas) a $4.9 billion, firm-fixed-price contract estimated to be completed by March 30, 2030. Lockheed’s proposal was the only bid received following solicitations on the Internet. The PrSM is a long-range, precision-strike, surface-to-surface weapon system.

The PrSM has been designed for the U.S. Army to attack, neutralize, suppress, and destroy enemy targets (see image above). A PrSM system provides two rounds per launch pod with a range from 60 to greater than 499 km.

With its modular design and open systems architecture (OSA), the system is easily adaptable to many applications and is compatible with MLRS M270 and HIMARS launchers. The contract bid follows a successful flight test of the system by the U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin at Vandenberg Space Force Base. 

After the PrSM flight test, Carolyn Orzechowski, vice president, Precision Fires Launchers and Missiles at Lockheed Martin, said, “PrSM offers game-changing capability, and we are dedicated to rigorously testing the system to ensure it meets the utmost standards of performance and reliability, providing our warfighters with a superior advantage on the battlefield.”