HIMARS Product Improvement Program
Abstract
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher is a full-spectrum, combat-proven, all-weather, 24/7 lethal and responsive, precision strike weapon system. HIMARS provides critical missile precision strike, operational shaping fires, counterfire, and close support destructive and suppressive fires. HIMARS is a C-130 or C-17 transportable, wheeled, indirect fire, rocket/missile launcher capable of firing one pod of precision rockets/missiles from the current and emerging Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Family of Munitions (MFOM), to include the Extended Range (ER) Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM). These munitions are capable of engaging targets with precision at ranges in excess of 400 kilometers. Project DX8 funds software development, training updates, and Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) technology implementation for the HIMARS launcher. Justification: FY 2020 Base funding in the amount of $13.314 million for Project DX8 continues tactical launcher software development and testing to support the Fire Control System (FCS) obsolescence mitigation hardware upgrade required to operate a HIMARS launcher. The tactical software is a critical developmental item required to field additional launchers, maintain backward compatibility for current fleet sustainment, and is the first release of government developed software common to both the MLRS and HIMARS launcher. The increase from FY 2019 funds additional research and development related to Global Positioning System (GPS) Anti-Jam, Anti-Spoofing capabilities, and integration of satellite communications, allowing the HIMARS to continue to effectively operate in near peer threat environments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- DX8_0603778A_7_2040_PB_2020
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