Lockheed Martin officials said the recent testing of its next-generation long-range missile resulted in a flawless second performance following the missile’s inaugural flight last December.
The weapon designed for the Army’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program was tested at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, officials said, and flew a nominal trajectory approximately 180 kilometers to the target area, culminating in a highly accurate and lethal warhead event.
“This second consecutive successful flight test of Lockheed Martin’s PrSM validates our missile technology and confidence that Lockheed Martin is uniquely positioned to deliver this important, cost-effective capability to meet our U.S. Army customer’s priorities,” said Gaylia Campbell, vice president of Precision Fires and Combat Maneuver Systems at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.
The testing initiative confirmed the missile’s flight trajectory, range and accuracy from launch to warhead event, HIMARS launcher integration and overall missile performance. The weapons system would deliver enhanced capabilities for attacking, neutralizing, suppressing, and destroy targets at depth on the battlefield while giving field artillery units long-range capability to support brigade, division, corps, Army, theater, and Joint and Coalition forces.
Campbell said the flight test further demonstrated the reliability, precision, and critical capabilities Lockheed Martin is building into the PrSM.
“The missile performed exactly as expected and successfully engaged the target with pinpoint accuracy,” she said.