Army awards Lockheed $1.2B contract for PrSM Inc 2 system

Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2 adds maritime-strike capability to the combat-proven baseline missile. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)

WASHINGTON — The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.2 billion contract for the company’s “early operational capability” Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2 system, according to a Defense Department posting .

PrSM Increment 2 is the Army’s initiative to develop a missile with a multimode seeker capable of hitting maritime targets on the move. It’s also referred to as the Land-Based Anti-Ship Missile seeker, and is designed to travel up to 500 km (310.7 miles) in combat, as Breaking Defense previously reported.

According to the DoD posting Monday evening, Lockheed’s bid was the only one solicited and the only one received. The work locations for the initial PrSM Increment 2 capability will be “determined with each order,” per the notice, with work estimated to be done by Sept. 13, 2031.

Monday’s announcement comes after Lockheed successfully launched its first PrSM Increment 2 missile in February. The company said in a release at the time that the missile launched 350 kilometers (217.5 miles) from a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System . The seeker involved in the PrSM Increment 2 has a new guidance system that allows it to “lock on to moving, time-sensitive threats,” the company also said at the time.

The Army used its PrSM Increment 1 capabilities for the first time in combat in March during the on and off again conflict in Iran. Since then, reports have surfaced that the US has used “virtually all” of its PrSM systems, as two sources told Reuters last month.

During the several months in which the on and off again conflict with Iran has continued, the Pentagon has signed a slew of framework agreements with vendors , including one with Lockheed Martin to accelerate the production of PrSM missiles.

The service has already begun drawing up plans for future PrSM programs. As Breaking Defense previously reported , Increment 3 will seek to add in enhanced lethality payloads while Increment 4, for which the Army has tapped a Lockheed team and a Raytheon-Northrop Grumman team, will fly over 1,000 km (621.4 miles). The Army is also looking for an Increment 5 solution that can fly more than 1,000 km and fire from an autonomous launcher.

洛克希德·马丁公司的精确打击导弹（PrSM）第二阶段改进型在久经实战考验的基础型导弹基础上增加了海上打击能力。（图片由洛克希德·马丁公司提供）

华盛顿——据美国国防部发布的消息，陆军已授予洛克希德·马丁公司一份价值 12 亿美元的合同，用于该公司“早期作战能力”精确打击导弹 (PrSM) 2 型系统。

PrSM Increment 2 是美国陆军的一项计划，旨在研发一种配备多模式导引头的导弹，能够打击移动中的海上目标。它也被称为陆基反舰导弹导引头，正如 Breaking Defense 此前报道，其作战射程可达 500 公里（310.7 英里）。

根据美国国防部周一晚间发布的公告，洛克希德·马丁公司的投标是唯一被征集和收到的投标。公告称，首批PrSM第二阶段能力的施工地点将“根据每份订单确定”，预计将于2031年9月13日前完成。

周一的公告发布之前，洛克希德·马丁公司于2月份成功发射了首枚PrSM Increment 2导弹。该公司当时在一份声明中表示，该导弹从M142高机动性火箭炮系统发射，射程达350公里（217.5英里）。该公司当时还表示，PrSM Increment 2导弹的导引头采用了一种新型制导系统，使其能够“锁定移动的、对时间敏感的目标”。

今年3月，在与伊朗断断续续的冲突中，美国陆军首次在实战中使用了其PrSM第一阶段的能力。此后，有报道称，正如两名消息人士上个月告诉路透社的那样，美国已经使用了“几乎所有”的PrSM系统。

在与伊朗断断续续的冲突持续数月期间，五角大楼与供应商签署了一系列框架协议，其中包括与洛克希德·马丁公司签署的加速生产 PrSM 导弹的协议。

陆军已开始制定未来PrSM项目的计划。正如Breaking Defense此前报道，第三阶段将寻求增加增强型杀伤载荷，而第四阶段（陆军已委托洛克希德·马丁公司和雷神-诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司联合开发）的射程将超过1000公里（621.4英里）。陆军还在寻求第五阶段的解决方案，该方案的射程将超过1000公里，并能从自主发射器发射。