Raytheon to offer LRPF solution
Raytheon announced on 16 March that it will offer a new missile design to meet the US Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF) requirement.
Raytheon will design the LRPF to integrate with the M270 MLRS and M142 HIMARS rocket launchers to replace current tactical missile system weapons. The company will aim to give US Army combat units the ability to engage targets over vast geographic space in a high-threat environment with a long range, high speed solution.
Thomas Bussing, vice president of advanced missile systems, Raytheon, said: ‘Our LRPF design will provide the US Army with double the combat power of its ground launchers by utilising a new design that fits two missiles in a single launcher pod - increasing effectiveness at a fraction of the cost of the current weapon.
‘Advances in propulsion will enable LRPF to fly faster over longer distances - approximately 500km - to defeat fixed land targets. This is the definition of overmatch against future threats.’
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