High Mobility Artillery Rocket System production approved

January 4, 2005 Lockheed Martin has received a US$109 million contract for production of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. HIMARS provides fire support for lighter, more mobile fighting forces. HIMARS is not only highly mobile on the battlefield, it is also deadly accurate to a distance of 70km thanks to being able to accommodate the entire family of Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) munitions, including the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile and Guided MLRS rocket (effectively a millimetre perfect ballistic missile with a range of 70 kilometres).

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