New Army Multiple Launch Rocket System to be built in FY-22

By Ethan Sterenfeld / October 20, 2021 at 4:41 PM
Production on the first M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System, the newest variant of the Army’s tracked field artillery launcher, should be completed in fiscal year 2022, according to Col. Guy Yelverton, project manager for strategic and operational rockets and missiles. A new fire-control system in the A2 variant will allow the M270 to use upgraded munitions that the Army is developing, the Precision Strike Missile and the Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, Yelverton told Inside Defense Oct. 12...

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