The U.S. Army is working to test a robotic version of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS. The U.S. Army’s Long Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team (CFT) has announced that in preparation for this summer’s Surrogate Semi-Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher live-fire demonstration at Fort Sill, members of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army for additional 11,000 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets, the company announced March 30. This contract, with an estimated value of $1.1 billion, calls for the production of more than 9,000 GMLRS Unitary and Alternative-Warhead (AW) rockets, more than […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has tested a new extended-range version of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System. According to Lockheed Martin, it 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 […]

Romanian Armed Forces have taken delivery of its first M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, according to the country’s o. The batch of HIMARS rocket systems arrived at Romainian last week. The systems are destined for the 81st Tactical Operational Missile Battalion stationed in Focsani, in eastern Romania. In August 2017, the U.S. […]

The U.S. Army is continuing preparations to test-fire a new surface-to-surface missile intended to destroy targets with precision accuracy, according to a Tuesday announcement posted on the U.S. government’s main contracting website. In a notice posted on the Federal website, the Army Contracting Command has announced that it anticipates awarding a contract for Multiple Launch […]

In the last few months, the U.S. Army has significantly expanded its activities in the Black Sea Region. On 19 November, Members of 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade (41st FAB) deployed two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) with 2 launcher crews, comprised of six personnel, from Ramstein Air […]

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The U.S. Army celebrated a field artillery milestone in October 2020, when the 500th High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rocket launcher powered out of the industry-partner’s production facility in Camden, Arkansas. HIMARS stands as a combat-proven mainstay in the Army’s fleet of launchers and supports one of the Army’s top modernization priorities – Long Range […]

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The U.S. State Department reportedly has informed Congress it plans to sell modern artillery systems to Taiwan. The story was first reported by Reuters, which cited its sources in the Trump administration, said that the State Department recently approved the potential sale of a truck-based rocket launcher made called a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System […]

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Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin has achieved a milestone with the delivery of the 500th High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, better known as HIMARS. “We’ve delivered the 500th High Mobility Artillery Rocket System – an effort spanning our team and more than 200 suppliers across 35 states,” Lockheed Martin said in a Facebook post […]

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