Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently secured a pair of Army contracting actions totaling $2.8 billion to deliver up to 311 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers through fiscal year 2028. 

The Army first awarded the company an $861.3 million production contract in early May to procure up to 96 HIMARS, and then on June 3 extended the contract ceiling with a $1.93 billion modification covering up to 215 additional launchers to be ordered between FY ‘25 and ‘28.

A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rocket launch.
A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rocket launch.

“The current and planned contract awards support U.S. and international customer requirements,” an Army spokesperson said in a statement to Defense Daily, confirming the figures associated with the recent contracting actions. 

For the $1.93 billion contract ceiling extension, a Lockheed Martin spokesperson said specific order quantities for HIMARS “will be based on future demand over the coming years.”

“We understand the importance of delivering HIMARS to our customers worldwide to help ensure they have deterrent capability and are prepared to support their missions,” Jay Price, vice president of Lockheed Martin Precision Fires, said in a statement to Defense Daily. “We remain focused on increasing production capacity and working closely with our suppliers and partners to meet demand”

Lockheed Martin has previously confirmed it increased HIMARS production capacity from 48 to 60 launchers per year and is on track to build 96 per year by the end of 2024.

HIMARS can fire GMLRS rockets, the ATACMS missile and the future Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), all built by Lockheed Martin.

The Army has said the $861 million Lot 15 production contract for HIMARS awarded to Lockheed Martin on May 8 “expands the replenishment of the U.S. Army’s fleet of launchers in addition to support to Ukraine and other foreign military sales partners.”

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $430.9 million HIMARS production contract in December 2022 to help replenish stockpiles of the platform sent to Ukraine to assist in its fight against Russia’s ongoing invasion (Defense Daily, Dec. 2 2022). 

This was followed by a $615 million HIMARS production order awarded in late April 2023 covering deliveries for the Army and international customers (Defense Daily, May 1 2023).