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MLRS Product Improvement Program
Budget figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $13.9M |
| FY25 | $14.2M |
| FY26 | $14.6M |
All series figures: R-1 TOA · PB2026
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $17.9M | $21.2M | $34.4M | $10.3M | $6.57M | $14.0M | $9.79M | $11.9M | $17.8M | $13.9M | ||
| Enacted | $18.4M | $34.8M | $8.93M | $6.88M | $14.6M | $9.79M | $12.3M | $18.5M | $14.5M | $14.2M | ||
| Request | $9.66M | $8.93M | $8.89M | $22.9M | $10.2M | $12.3M | $18.5M | $14.5M | $14.2M | $14.6M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2017 book requested $9.66M for FY2017; the PB2019 book reported $34.4M as actual total obligation authority — $24.7M above the request. 34.4 − 9.7 = 24.7 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
Program lineage
No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.
Description
Mission — MLRS Product Improvement Program
Program element 0603778A supports development and testing of the Army's rocket launcher fleet, including the M270A1 and M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher and the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (M142 HIMARS) launcher. MLRS and M142 HIMARS launchers support the Army's Long Range Precision Fires modernization effort. Updated launchers are required to fire current and future munitions such as the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) and Extended Range (ER) Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). Funding from both Projects 093 and DX8 contributes to common efforts between both launcher platforms such as Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) integration and rocket launcher software development effort by the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM). Supports the Army's goal to develop common solutions applicable to both MLRS and M142 HIMARS launchers. HIMARS and MLRS are part of the Army Transformation Initiative. This funding line is a key enabler of the Army Modernization Priorities in support of the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (M142 HIMARS) programs. The MLRS and M142 HIMARS programs are components of an integrated fires development effort that includes survivability, resiliency, and effectiveness improvements against advanced threats from near-peer adversaries. Funding from both Projects 093 and DX8 contributes to common efforts between both launcher platforms such as Anti-Jam (AJ) integration, Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) integration and rocket launcher software. The Next Generation APNT Receiver development will replace the M-Code receiver with an upgraded receiver that addresses the evolving threat environment. Potential advancements include efforts such as: Alternative Navigation (ALTNAV), timing holdover, Network Assisted Assured (NA2), Other Signals of Opportunity, Advanced Anti-Jam, or Beamforming. Supports the Army's goal to develop common solutions applicable to both MLRS and M142 HIMARS launchers. Project 093. The M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher is a full-spectrum, combat-proven, all-weather, 24/7 lethal and responsive, precision strike weapon system. MLRS launchers support the Army's Long Range Precision Fires modernization effort. MLRS provides critical missile precision strike, operational shaping fires, counterfire, and close support destructive and suppressive fires. MLRS is a tracked, indirect fire, rocket/missile launcher capable of firing two pods of precision rockets/missiles from the current Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Family of Munitions (MFOM) including the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), and future MFOM to include the Extended Range GMLRS (ER-GMLRS). MLRS launchers support Integrated Fires and Multi-Domain Operations. Funds software development, training updates, Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) technology implementation, integration of satellite communications, integration of evolving cybersecurity requirements, and nonrecurring engineering for the MLRS launcher. Funds development related to maintaining capability associated with the current and evolving threat. Funds non-recurring engineering for system hardware and software modernization to the MLRS chassis, launcher loader module, and fire control system. MLRS is part of the Army Transformation Initiative. Project DX8. The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (M142 HIMARS) launcher is a full spectrum, combat proven, all weather, 24/7 lethal and responsive, precision strike weapon system. M142 HIMARS launchers support the Army's Long Range Precision Fires modernization effort. M142 HIMARS provides critical missile precision strike, operational shaping fires, counterfire, and close support destructive and suppressive fires. M142 HIMARS is a C-130 or C-17 transportable, wheeled, indirect fire, rocket/missile launcher capable of firing one pod of precision rockets/missiles from the current Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Family of Munitions (MFOM) including the Guided MLRS (GMLRS), the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), and future MFOM to include the Extended Range GMLRS (ER-GMLRS). M142 HIMARS launchers support Integrated Fires and Multi-Domain Operations. Funds software development, training updates, Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) technology implementation, integration of satellite communications, integration of evolving cybersecurity requirements, and nonrecurring engineering for the M142 HIMARS launcher. Funds development related to maintaining capability associated with the current and evolving threat. HIMARS is part of the Army Transformation Initiative.
Mission — Multi-Launch Rocket System (MLRS)
Project 093. The M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher is a full-spectrum, combat-proven, all-weather, 24/7 lethal and responsive, precision strike weapon system. MLRS launchers support the Army's Long Range Precision Fires modernization effort. MLRS provides critical missile precision strike, operational shaping fires, counterfire, and close support destructive and suppressive fires. MLRS is a tracked, indirect fire, rocket/missile launcher capable of firing two pods of precision rockets/missiles from the current Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Family of Munitions (MFOM) including the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), and future MFOM to include the Extended Range GMLRS (ER-GMLRS). MLRS launchers support Integrated Fires and Multi-Domain Operations. Funds software development, training updates, Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) technology implementation, integration of satellite communications, integration of evolving cybersecurity requirements, and nonrecurring engineering for the MLRS launcher. Funds development related to maintaining capability associated with the current and evolving threat. Funds non-recurring engineering for system hardware and software modernization to the MLRS chassis, launcher loader module, and fire control system. MLRS is part of the Army Transformation Initiative. Funding for Project 093 contributes to common efforts such as Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) integration and rocket launcher software development. The Next Generation APNT Receiver effort will replace the Increment 1 M-code receiver. Next Generation APNT Receiver development will replace the obsolete Increment 1 receiver with an Increment 2 receiver as well as address the evolving threat environment. Potential advancements such as: Alternative Navigation (ALTNAV), timing holdover, Network Assisted Assured (NA2), Other Signals of Opportunity, Advanced Anti-Jam, or Beamforming. Supports the Army's goal to develop common solutions applicable to both M270A2 MLRS and M142 HIMARS launchers. Justification: FY2026 Base funding in the amount of $7.751 million for Project 093 completes the integration of M-Code into the rocket launcher allowing MLRS to effectively operate in near-peer and peer-threat environments, integration of Anti-Jam (AJ) capabilities, and integration of satellite communications. Continues tactical launcher software development, qualification, and materiel release. These efforts support the fire control system (FCS) electronic obsolescence mitigation hardware upgrade required to operate the launcher and field additional launchers. Initiates Next Generation APNT Receiver development which will replace the M-code receiver with an upgraded receiver that addresses the evolving threat environment.
Mission — HIMARS Product Improvement Program
Project DX8. The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (M142 HIMARS) launcher is a full spectrum, combat proven, all weather, 24/7 lethal and responsive, precision strike weapon system. M142 HIMARS launchers support the Army's Long Range Precision Fires modernization effort. M142 HIMARS provides critical missile precision strike, operational shaping fires, counterfire, and close support destructive and suppressive fires. M142 HIMARS is a C-130 or C-17 transportable, wheeled, indirect fire, rocket/missile launcher capable of firing one pod of precision rockets/missiles from the current Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Family of Munitions (MFOM) including the Guided MLRS (GMLRS), the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), and future MFOM to include the Extended Range GMLRS (ER-GMLRS). M142 HIMARS launchers support Integrated Fires and Multi-Domain Operations. Funds software development, training updates, Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) technology implementation, integration of satellite communications, integration of evolving cybersecurity requirements, and nonrecurring engineering for the M142 HIMARS launcher. Funds development related to maintaining capability associated with the current and evolving threat. HIMARS is part of the Army Transformation Initiative. Funding for Project DX8 contributes to common efforts such as Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) integration and rocket launcher software development. The Next Generation APNT Receiver effort will replace the Increment 1 M-code receiver. Next Generation APNT Receiver development will replace the obsolete Increment 1 receiver with an Increment 2 receiver as well as address the evolving threat environment. Potential advancements include efforts such as: Alternative Navigation (ALTNAV), timing holdover, Network Assisted Assured (NA2), Other Signals of Opportunity, Advanced Anti-Jam, and Beamforming. Supports the Army's goal to develop common solutions applicable to both M270A2 MLRS and M142 HIMARS launchers. Justification: FY2026 Base funding in the amount of $6.888 million for Project DX8 completes the integration of Increment 1 M-Code and Anti-Jam (AJ) capabilities into the rocket launcher, Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) capabilities, and integration of satellite communications; allowing HIMARS to effectively operate in near-peer and peer-threat environments. It continues CFCS software development, qualification, and materiel release. These efforts support the fire control system (FCS) electronic obsolescence mitigation hardware upgrade required to operate an HIMARS launcher. The tactical software is required to field additional launchers, maintain backward compatibility for current fleet sustainment, and is the first release of government developed software common to both the M270A2 MLRS and M142 HIMARS launcher. Initiates Next Generation APNT Receiver development which will replace the obsolete Increment 1 M-code receiver, advancing the APNT posture to address the evolving threat environment.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (4)
MLRS Product Improvement Program
Description: The MLRS Product Improvement Program provides the preservation of platform viability and readiness to accept technology insertion as capability enhancements are developed and to mitigate electronic obsolescence. Support efforts include: obsolescence mitigation and enhancements for the M993 carrier, fire control system, launcher loader module and enhanced command and control; development and updating the fire control system software to keep pace with changes to the munitions; and performing Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I), interoperability and Information Assurance compliance certification and network interoperability testing. Perform technical assessments and concept studies for the following: electronic obsolescence mitigation, Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT), crew protection, automotive and hardware/software enhancements, improving operational timelines and risk reduction.
SBIR/STTR Transfer
Funding transferred in accordance with Title 15 USC §638.
MLRS Production Improvement Program (PIP)-HIMARS PIP
Description: The HIMARS Product Improvement Program provides the preservation of platform viability and readiness to accept technology insertion. As capability enhancements are developed, technology is inserted to mitigate obsolescence. Support efforts include: obsolescence mitigation and enhancements for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) Carrier, fire control system, launcher loader module and Enhanced Command and Control; development and updating the Fire Control System software to keep pace with changes to the munitions; and performing Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I)/interoperability and Information Assurance compliance certification and network interoperability testing. Perform technical assessments and concept studies for the following: electronic obsolescence mitigation and redesign to keep pace with the evolving threat, Assured Positioning Navigation and Timing (APNT), crew protection, automotive and hardware/software enhancements, improving operational timelines, leader-follower technology and risk reduction.
SBIR/STTR Transfer
Funding transferred in accordance with Title 15 USC §638.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $13.9M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $14.2M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $14.2M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $14.6M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $14.6M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.
| Project | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $13.9M | $14.2M | $14.6M | $14.6M |
| 093: Multi-Launch Rocket System (MLRS) | $9.86M | $9.95M | $7.75M | $7.75M |
| DX8: HIMARS Product Improvement Program | $4.08M | $4.24M | $6.89M | $6.89M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Related awards
Award linkage is shown for 32 of 200 profiled companies — high- and medium-confidence USAspending matches, each row labeled; medium is the weaker evidence. why partial award coverage? →
Rows marked medium rest on evidence weaker than a program-level match, and of more than one kind. An account-based row, where the award drew from the same appropriation account as this program, is an association, not evidence that this program paid for the contract. Where the evidence is instead an FPDS acquisition-program tag or a subaward description, the program is established but which of its budget lines paid is not. An announcement link a recorded review did not leave standing is medium too. Only high rows rest on the contract naming this program with a recorded review upholding it and no recorded rejection or refutation applying.
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | W31P4Q04C0053 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | W31P4Q12C0048 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | W31P4Q12C0188 | medium |
Contractor concentration
No concentration index is published for this line. This line's high-confidence links do not clear the floor for a published concentration index — at least 3 awards across 2 contractor families holding positive obligations, with positive net linked dollars. An index below that floor is a fact about the sample, not about the market. Whatever further links this line carries are medium-confidence, and what each medium evidence path does and does not establish is set out in the methodology. Both bases are in the downloadable warehouse.
Lobbying mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
Oversight
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not MLRS Product Improvement Program. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J199
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2017 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J163
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2017_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2018 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J180
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2018_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2019 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J183
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J206
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2020_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J216
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2021_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J192
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2022_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J190
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2023_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J189
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J190
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.
RDTE - Vol 4 - Budget Activity 6 · www.asafm.army.mil