GMLRS Rocket Receives Midflight Target Update and Destroys Moving Threat

Overview

• A live-fire proof‑of‑concept at White Sands Missile Range showed a GMLRS rocket fired from a HIMARS received updated targeting data in flight via Lockheed’s Strigo datalink and RIG‑360 guidance overlay and struck a moving target.
• Lockheed Martin funded the integration work internally and framed the test as linking proven systems rather than developing a new rocket design.
• Company officials identified Extended Range GMLRS and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) as possible follow‑on candidates but said each would need separate engineering integration and testing.
• Practical use depends on reliable, secure datalinks and accurate sensor inputs because loss of communications, jamming, or poor targeting data would prevent effective midflight retargeting.
• If validated under contested conditions, the retrofit approach could let commanders update aims after launch to engage mobile threats faster, but operational deployment and timelines remain unconfirmed.