{"id":41136,"date":"2021-10-11T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/11\/us-armys-precision-strike-missile-gets-green-light-for-development-readies-for-big-test\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:09:18","slug":"us-armys-precision-strike-missile-gets-green-light-for-development-readies-for-big-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2021\/10\/11\/us-armys-precision-strike-missile-gets-green-light-for-development-readies-for-big-test\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army\u2019s Precision Strike Missile gets green light for development, readies for big test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army has approved 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\">Precision Strike Missile<\/a> program to move into the engineering and manufacturing development phase, just ahead of a major test at Vandenberg Air Base, California, where the weapon will be shot to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/05\/12\/armys-precision-strike-missile-breaks-range-record\/\" target=\"_blank\">observe its range<\/a>, said the official in charge of the service\u2019s long-range precision fires modernization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army originally planned for the test shot at Vandenberg in August, but due to range scheduling, the event was pushed back to October, Brig. Gen. John Rafferty told Defense News in an interview before the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/04\/30\/us-army-completes-third-test-of-lockheeds-precision-strike-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\">awarded Lockheed Martin<\/a> a $62 million contract on Sept. 30 for the missile\u2019s engineering and manufacturing development phase, a key milestone as the Army drives toward an initial fielding of the system in fiscal 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contract includes early operational capability missiles, Rafferty said in the Sept. 23 interview.<\/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. It will play an important role in the service\u2019s future deep-strike capability necessary to counter Russian and Chinese capabilities.<\/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 reach ranges much 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\">The missile is expected to exceed a distance of 499 kilometers in the October test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PrSM will also be shot during the Army\u2019s Project Convergence campaign of learning at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, this year. The missile will have a side-by-side shot during which one missile is launched from one side of the pod and another from the other side of the pod. 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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