These launchers will fire the Army’s future long-range Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) — a surface-to-surface, all weather, precision-strike guided missile fired from the M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and the M142 HIMARS. The HIMARS launcher also can fire the MLRS rocket and the MGM-140 Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) rocket.
The PrSM multimode seeker homes-in on an enemy target’s radar or radio communications emissions to give the weapon passive stealth capability. It also uses an imaging infrared sensor for terminal guidance, and also takes guidance from Global Position System (GPS) and inertial measurement sensors.
replace non-insensitive and cluster munition versions of ATACMS. It will provide Army and U.S. Marine Corps field artillery units with long range and deep strike capability. The PrSM will destroy, neutralize, or suppress targets at ranges from 43 to 250 miles using indirect precision fires.
The baseline missile will be able to engage a wide variety of targets at ranges as long as 310 miles. It will emphasize imprecisely located area and point targets. Primary emphasis for follow-on upgrades will be on increased range, lethality, and ability to attack time-sensitive, moving, hardened, and fleeting targets.
