US Army’s extended-range guided rocket sees successful 80-kilometer test shot

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US Army’s extended-range guided rocket sees successful 80-kilometer test shot
By: Jen Judson 

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s new extended-range version of its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System had a successful 80-kilometer flight demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on March 4, according to a Lockheed Martin announcement.

Lockheed Martin is the manufacturer for the GMLRS munition and has worked with the Army to double the rocket’s reach through extended-range capability development.

The first flight test for the extended-range GMLRS took place in November 2020, but the round “experienced an anomaly after launch,” Lockheed told Defense News in a March 5 statement. The company conducted a thorough investigation and determined the cause was “a technical issue with a fin.”

Lockheed incorporated “minor enhancements to mitigate recurrence,” and the successful flight test on March 4 showed those enhancements solved the issue, the company said. “Anomalies are a normal part of testing expanded capabilities before they are fielded to the warfighter,” Lockheed added.


https://www.defensenews.com/land/2021/03/05/us-armys-extended-range-guided-rocket-sees-successful-80-km-test-shot/