Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS)
FieldedMissile
Compatible load: one six-round pod. Munitions are selectable loadouts, not permanently installed components.
Link Confirmed
Ground vehicle · Land
M142 HIMARS
Wheeled artillery launcher for guided rockets and tactical missiles.
by Lockheed Martin · First fielded 2005
FieldedGround vehicleLandFielded2005
lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/himars.html- Milestones1
- Sources4
- Operators—
- Components2
Timeline1
- FieldedConfirmed
HIMARS enters Army service
Year precision retained because Army sources differ between June entry into the Army system and July commencement of fielding.
SourcesU.S. Army
Solid entries are confirmed, outlined reported, dashed estimated or still to come; dotted italic entries are speculative. Dates show only the precision the sources give.
Built with2
Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)
Limited fieldingMissileCompatible load: two PrSM rounds. Does not imply every legacy launcher has received all required updates.
Link Confirmed
Cost to the government
- Total acquisition costConfirmed$4.58BThen-year $ · 715 units
Army procurement only (P-40 HIMARS line 6200C02901 'Total' column: 715 launchers, $4,579.199M); excludes RDT&E, USMC buys and HIMARS Modifications line. FY2027 budget books.
- Unit cost (flyaway)Confirmed$5.9MThen-year $ · 96 units
Launcher unit cost (P-5 flyaway cost element): FY 2027 Army request, P-5 HIMARS launcher unit cost $5,902.000K for 96 launchers (FY2025 $6,965.610K for 18; FY2026 $5,751.500K for 6).
Unit costs and contract unit prices for this product, and budget figures for the programs that buy it. Each figure states its dollar basis and links its source; contract values are under Programs & awards.
In service
- First fielded
- 2005
Sources4
- 1.
Sam Eckholm · Jul 4, 2021 · Supports: System · name
“HIMARS”
- 2.Government recordHIMARS Launcher Production Resumes for US and Allied Partners
U.S. Army · Supports: System, System milestone
“Since fielding began in July 2005”
- 3.
U.S. Army, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) · Supports: Cost · amount
“Launcher(†) 4,211.735 574 2,417.536 6,965.610 18 125.381 5,751.500 6 34.509 5,902.000 96 566.592”
- 4.CompanyHIMARS
Lockheed Martin · Supports: System, System · system component:gmlrs, System · system component:precision-strike-missile
“HIMARS carries a six-pack of GMLRS rockets, two Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) or one ATACMS missile”
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