US 🇺🇸 Cutting-Edge ATACMS Successor Nails Tests at White Sands

10/03/2025

The US Army has taken a major step toward fielding its next-generation long-range strike weapon: the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 1 completed Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, according to the defense media outlet Defence Blog on October 3.

Four PrSM Increment 1 rounds were fired at targets 200 kilometers away, and the launches met the system’s performance objectives for range, trajectory, accuracy, and height-of-burst, the US Army reported.

“The success of this test series is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our soldiers, as well as the strong partnership between the Army and our industry partners,” Maj. Gen. Frank Lozano, Program Executive Office Missiles and Space, said.

“Partnerships are instrumental in the development and testing of advanced, lethal capabilities, and we look forward to continuing to work together to deliver this critical capability to the warfighter.”

Defence Blog notes that PrSM is central to the Army’s long-range fires modernization program and is intended to succeed the aging Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).