Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System (GMLRS)
Abstract
Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets are surface-to-surface artillery rockets fired from the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers. GMLRS rockets provide 24/7, all-weather precision fires to engage both area and point targets at short, medium, and long ranges. The GMLRS Program currently consists of multiple variants: GMLRS Unitary utilizes a 200 pound high explosive warhead to engage point targets with limited collateral damage; GMLRS Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM) cluster munition to engage area or imprecisely located targets and GMLRS Alternative Warhead (AW) which has been developed as a non-cluster munition to engage the same target set as GMLRS DPICM. GMLRS DPICM Production was terminated in response to the June 2008 Department of Defense (DoD) Cluster Munitions Policy. GMLRS Unitary and AW are currently in full rate production. The 26 October 2016 Deputy Secretary's Management Action Group (DMAG) directed the Army to define and execute an effort for GMLRS modifications that would extend the maximum range (Extended Range (ER) GMLRS) and integrate sensors and seekers into the rocket to engage complex targets with greater precision at greater ranges. These modifications to GMLRS were designated by the Army Acquisition Executive as an engineering change proposal (ECP) and not as a new program. During the FY23-27 POM review, the Army withdrew their support for a seeker spiral in favor of integrating an Enhanced Area Warhead. The GMLRS program will develop nascent capability and support Army demonstration and test initiatives to increase integrated offensive and defensive capability across warfighter functions and multiple domains. The GMLRS program will continue to leverage ongoing Government and Industry research and development efforts to extend range, increase survivability, and enhance lethality. The EG2 funding line will qualify and integrate an enhanced area warhead that will improve lethality. The EG3 funding line enables GMLRS enhancements, including ER GMLRS modification, statutorily required upgrades such as development of Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (A-PNT), and aging technology mitigation and upgrades.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 0205778A_7_2040_PB_2022
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
Related Documents
- Child Project: GMLRS Alternative Warheads
- Child Accomplishment: Enhanced Warhead
- Child Accomplishment: Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing
- Child Cost Item: b27c30688a04ea6abf28dec37699976f
- Child Cost Item: 5a5d08070be02de22afc365b4e8e6fcb
- Child Cost Item: 5ff6bd8e9c0c79602c09bb578be0d4a2
- Child Cost Item: f31e2d8b34efcc972435b65ec5d78059
- Child Cost Item: 23258144391c6ba5cbcc44d9e28a833c
- Child Cost Item: d5e125e94cfe6628763fe1826fb1e671
- Child Project: Guided MLRS
- Child Accomplishment: GMLRS enhancements
- Child Accomplishment: GMLRS cost savings initiatives and obsolescence mitigation
- Child Accomplishment: GMLRS Assured Position Navigation and Timing (A-PNT)
- Child Accomplishment: Extended Range (ER) GMLRS and complementary rocket pod development
- Child Accomplishment: Extended Range (ER) GMLRS development
- Child Cost Item: e75ebcbb406bf701ff30897488a13f78
- Child Cost Item: b2939ee0d2355796652dd03e54e9fa9f
- Child Cost Item: c97b5ffd6dec937e6b262e81271c0a77
- Child Cost Item: 2f06ed4b3a1e55918c1fb0a306c50c14
- Child Cost Item: 9d46a11ce61d0d1b83895691f522f529
- Child Cost Item: 6f6e44c825007bad79e6cc4ea7e0f4bc
- Child Cost Item: ca7aa11cd4b826cd9bfd98e5c99fa0b8
- Child Cost Item: 4b2966b8ea090349b975484bff975a92
- Child Cost Item: 43a92fa9ee1852afd040ae28caeac081