With the launcher in position and protective louvres (shields) in place over the windows, a High Mobility Rocket System (HIMARS) awaits the order to fire during a dry fire training exercise for the HIMARS at Fort McCoy June 20. The launcher belongs to the Wisconsin Army National Guard's Battery A, 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery, which will be the first Wisconsin unit to fire the HIMARS. 112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Jopek
The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is now a widely recognized weapon after mobile phone camera footage of the war in Ukraine showed the launchers in action.
“When you have a combat proven system that is out there and in the news – daily – then that’s driving that demand,” said Jennifer McManus, the vice president for operations of Lockheed’s missile business.
Lockheed Martin makes HIMARS and refurbishes an older version in Camden, a small town southwest of Little Rock.
Thanks to some investments made over the last year in the 282,000 square foot building where the ground vehicles are made, Lockheed only needs a few upgrades to meet that increased production rate, Lockheed executives said.
The list includes a paint booth, non-skid coating mixer, tire assembly manipulator arm and an axel installation track, the executives told Reuters.
On an earnings call with investors Lockheed’s CEO said “on HIMARS specifically, we’ve already met with our long lead supply chain to plan for increasing production to 96 of these units a year.”Â
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