{"id":33335,"date":"2021-10-14T17:05:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T17:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/14\/us-armys-precision-strike-missile-breaks-distance-record-in-flight-test\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:43:24","slug":"us-armys-precision-strike-missile-breaks-distance-record-in-flight-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa-digital-show-dailies\/2021\/10\/14\/us-armys-precision-strike-missile-breaks-distance-record-in-flight-test\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army\u2019s Precision Strike Missile breaks distance record in flight test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/10\/11\/us-armys-precision-strike-missile-gets-green-light-for-development-readies-for-big-test\/\" target=\"_blank\">Precision Strike Missile<\/a> broke its distance record in a flight test at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Oct. 13, according to an Oct. 14 Lockheed Martin statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed Martin is the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/06\/14\/us-army-to-fund-extended-range-precision-strike-missile-starting-in-fy22\/\" target=\"_blank\"> PrSM<\/a> developer. The company and the Army have conducted five consecutive successful flight tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company did not disclose the distance the PrSM traveled in its flight test, but the goal of the test was to see exactly how far the missile can travel beyond its previous set requirement of 499 kilometers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original intent was to reach a maximum of 499 kilometers, but America\u2019s 2019 withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia has allowed the U.S. Army to develop the missile to fly farther. The INF Treaty prevented the development of missiles with ranges between 499 and 5,000 kilometers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Precision Strike Missile continues to validate range and performance requirements,\u201d Lockheed Martin\u2019s Paula Hartley, vice president of tactical missiles for the company\u2019s missiles and fire control business, said in the statement. \u201cAchieving this long-range milestone for the baseline missile demonstrates PrSM\u2019s capability to meet our customer\u2019s modernization priorities on a rapid timeline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army originally planned for the test shot at Vandenberg to take place August, but due to range scheduling, the event was pushed back to October, Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, who is in charge of Army Long-Range Precision Fires modernization, told Defense News in an interview before the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army approved the PrSM program to move into the engineering and manufacturing development phase on Sept. 30 and awarded Lockheed a $62 million contract for an Early Operational Capability production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contract drives the Army toward an initial fielding of the weapon in fiscal 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PrSM is a priority program for the Army and is intended to replace the Army Tactical Missile System. 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Lockheed would not disclose the rate of fire for that test involving more than one interceptor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The missile broke a range record in May, reaching \u201cmore than\u201d 400 kilometers \u2014 roughly 250 miles \u2014 in a test shot at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, according to Lockheed Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PrSM also went through three flight tests last year during a technology maturation and risk reduction phase, ranging from 240 kilometers, 180 kilometers and 85 kilometers. 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