Lockheed Martin to look further afield for GMARS rocket system opportunities
GMARS is a joint programme between Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)
The HX truck is already in use in many NATO and allied countries around the world as a logistics vehicle and carrier for high-value systems, including missile firing weapons, so its use for the Global Mobile Artillery Rocket System makes logistical sense.
Lockheed Martin is looking for other potential markets for its Global Mobile Artillery Rocket System (GMARS), a collaboration with Germany’s Rheinmetall targeted for that company’s home market and based on an HX truck platform.
GMARS is a development from the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher. It uses a Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) HX-series 8×8 truck chassis with protected cab fitted with a new two-pod launcher capable of firing the existing Multiple Launch Rocket System family of munitions to achieve long ranges and high precision.
Key advantages of the new GMARS are that it has
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