U.S. Army Contracts First Batch of Maritime Precision Strike Missiles

The useful part

Army contracted the first batch of Precision Strike Missiles designed to strike moving maritime targets last week. Work is expected to be completed by September of 2031, reads the Pentagon's contracts page. The procurement of the maritime strike PrSM variant was slated to begin within Fiscal Year 2026, according to the Army's Justification Book covering missile procurement.

How it works

• Lockheed Martin was awarded $1.2 billion by the ground branch for work on the early operational capability munitions of PrSM Increment 2, a variant that integrates a new seeker capable of mobile targets,...