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Army Completes Successful Multi-Mode Seeker Test, Award For Next PrSM Phase Is ‘Imminent’

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 4th, 2020

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Army Completes Successful Multi-Mode Seeker Test, Award For Next PrSM Phase Is ‘Imminent’

Lockheed Martin's Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)

The Army has completed a successful first captive-carry test of its multi-mode seeker for its future Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), which will be included as the initial technology update to the weapon in fiscal year 2025. Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, director of the Long-Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team also told reporters Thursday a contract for PrSM’s enhanced technology maturation risk reduction (E-TMRR) phase with Lockheed Martin [LMT], the sole competitor left in the competition, is “imminent.” “We want the range…

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