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Army Completes Successful IOT&E For PrSM Inc. 1

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, October 1st, 2025

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Army Completes Successful IOT&E For PrSM Inc. 1

The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) was recently fired from a U.S. Army M270A2 and HIMARS at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. (Official U.S. Army photo)

The Army has successfully completed the initial operational test and evaluation for Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Inc. 1, the service announced on Wednesday. The IOT&E period concluded with a series of soldier-led flight tests at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, which Lockheed Martin said included firing PrSM from a HIMARS launcher and both pods of the M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). “This milestone validates the soldier’s ability to fire PrSM from all platforms in…

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