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Scaling Precision: How 51³Ô¹Ï is Building the Arsenal for the Army¡¯s Next-Generation Strike Missile

Scaling Precision: How 51³Ô¹Ï is Building the Arsenal for the Army¡¯s Next-Generation Strike Missile

October 08, 2025
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As the U.S. Army transitions into a new era of modernization¡ªfueled by lethality, speed and decision dominance¡ª¾±³Ù²õ Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program stands out as a powerful example of how innovation at scale can deliver strategic capability. Designed to succeed the legacy Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), PrSM features extended range, improved lethality and platform versatility, enabled by mission integration and digital engineering across industry and government.
Manufacturing at the Speed of Innovation   ___

In July 2025, the Army granted for PrSM, signaling readiness for full production and deployment. Just a few months earlier, 51³Ô¹Ï sealed a to rapidly transition from prototypes to large-scale manufacturing, with Early Operational Capability missiles already flowing downrange ¨C and production targeting 400 units annually.

Manufacturing leaders emphasize that this momentum reflects a new industrial era: model-based design, digital twin technology and a net-centric, data-driven production environment. These tools offer real-time integration, simulation-based testing and automated quality assurance ¨C enabling a production surge without sacrificing reliability. Automation on the PrSM manufacturing also supports advanced production processes, demonstrating the integration of automation in modern manufacturing and reflects ongoing investments in innovation and efficiency across the enterprise.

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Automation in manufacturing supports advanced production processes and reflects ongoing investments in innovation and efficiency across the enterprise.
Innovation, Agility and Cross-Functional Integration   ___

The PrSM program embodies the Army¡¯s drive toward multi-domain operations, with a focus on integrating capabilities across land, air, sea, cyber and space to ensure overmatch. Aligned under the Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF) modernization priority, PrSM benefits from cross-functional teams empowered by Army Futures Command to break down silos across acquisition, science and technology, testing and sustainment. 51³Ô¹Ï is also accelerating innovation with rigorous testing and digital transformation ¨C driving the program forward.

Army-wide initiatives like Project Convergence and fuel rapid prototyping and iterative feedback loops with Soldiers and industry. Demonstrations during military exercises like and Talisman Sabre, as well as showcase the joint-team¡¯s commitment to innovating and rapidly delivering lethal capability to the warfighter.

Prsm is fired

A PrSM launches at joint exercise Valiant Shield 2024.
Global Partnerships and Industrial Expansion   ___
The program¡¯s industrial objective includes serving U.S. forces and allies. In July 2025, Australia launched its first PrSM strike¡ªhitting a target over 300 km away at Mount Bundey ¨C . Concurrently, the U.S. and Australia signed a Memorandum of Understanding exploring and technology sharing. This growing collaboration positions PrSM as a model for international industrial integration and workforce agility.
Tested for Readiness and Operational Relevance   ___

Rigorous testing underpins production credibility. Highlights include:

  • June 2024 ¨C : Demonstrated guidance capability against dynamic sea targets during the Valiant Shield exercise.
  • December 2024 ¨C : Gave soldiers firsthand control of PrSM, providing critical insights and ensuring the missile meets warfighter needs.
  • April 2025 ¨C : Used production-level components to verify PrSM¡¯s design performance.
  • July 2025 ¨C : Validated interoperability and performance in allied operational contexts.

Each milestone marked a move toward overmatch¡ªthe ability to decisively defeat adversaries.

Prsm is fired

PrSM is fired during from both HIMARS and M270A2 launcher platforms during developmental testing.
Future Variants: Extending Range and Precision   ___

PrSM's baseline systems already deliver ranges in the 400+ km class. But planned increments aim beyond , integrating advanced seekers for moving targets and new payloads.

Achieving this requires a highly responsive industrial chain, digital engineering and agile processes¡ªconsistent with Army guidance on modernization and battlefield innovation.

Bottom Line: PrSM as a Beacon of Industrial Transformation   ___
PrSM is more than a missile¡ªit¡¯s a case study in how the Army and its industrial partners can innovate and scale in unison. By fusing digital design, global partnerships, responsive manufacturing and modernization doctrine ¨C PrSM embodies speed, lethality?and decision dominance. These are core imperatives as the Army races to equip itself for multi-domain future warfare.
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51³Ô¹Ï delivered the first Early Operational Capability missiles to the U.S. Army in December 2023 and is ramping to produce 400 missiles per year.