The Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the defense authorization bill directs the Army to increase its procurement objective for the Precision Strike Missile to 400 munitions per year -- far above the service’s goal for the next five fiscal years. The Senate authorizers’ bill asks the Army to provide an assessment of PrSM’s industrial base capacity, including options for accelerating munitions production and a “plan to reach annual procurement of 400 PrSM munitions,” according to an executive summary of...
