U.S. Lockheed Martin HIMARS Fleet Hits 750 Units Operating in 10 Nations Worldwide.

Lockheed Martin announced the delivery of its 750th M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), marking a major production milestone driven by U.S. and allied demand. The achievement highlights growing investment in long-range precision fires as the Army scales industrial output to match global security needs.

Lockheed Martin announced on November 5, 2025, that the company delivered its 750th M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, a production milestone that tracks with rising U.S. and allied demand for long-range precision fires. The Camden, Arkansas line, already expanded in recent years, now anchors a broader industrial push tied to the Army’s Long Range Precision Fires portfolio, ensuring launcher, rocket, and missile output can scale in tandem as partners join the user base.
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The HIMARS is a highly mobile 6x6 launcher that delivers precision rocket and missile strikes beyond 400 kilometers with rapid shoot-and-scoot agility (Picture source: Lockheed Martin).

The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, better known as HIMARS is a C-130 transportable 6x6 truck carrying a single sealed pod that can fire six 227 mm GMLRS rockets, one ATACMS missile, or two next-generation Precision Strike Missiles from the same digital fire control workflow. With a three-person crew, a top road speed near 85 km/h, and an operational range around 480 km, the launcher trades bulk for tempo, embracing shoot-and-scoot tactics that confound counter-battery radars and keep crews ahead of enemy ISR. Field data and official specifications place the system at roughly 16.2 tons loaded, about 7 meters in length, and powered by a 290 hp diesel, giving commanders a nimble deep-fires tool that can move, fire, and reposition before an adversary can react.

Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rounds, GPS-aided and INS-stabilized, deliver routine accuracy at ranges around 70 km, with unitary warheads or alternative-warhead effects for area targets. The Extended-Range variant, ER GMLRS, now in production, stretches reach to roughly 150 km and preserves the same weather-agnostic precision, giving brigades a cost-effective way to push air-defense emitters, logistics nodes, and command posts far beyond tube artillery. In practice, a battery can generate near-simultaneous salvos that open corridors or blind a sector, then fade into the road network before counter-fire arrives.

ATACMS provided early theater-strike muscle, but the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) is now the centerpiece, having achieved Milestone C approval in July 2025 to enter production. PrSM doubles the magazine to two missiles per pod, extends range beyond 400 km, and uses a modular open-systems architecture designed for seekers and multi-domain targeting in future increments. The key is commonality: the same truck, crew, and fire control can deliver brigade-level effects or prosecute anti-access targets without changing the launcher. For allies building integrated fires, that growth path protects their investment.

Mobility remains HIMARS’s unfair advantage. U.S. and NATO units have refined HIRAIN tactics that air-insert launchers, execute time-sensitive strikes, and exfiltrate from austere airstrips, a playbook repeatedly demonstrated in Europe in 2025. Sealed pods compress reload timelines and limit exposure, while digital networks allow data to flow from drones, counter-fire radars, and joint sensors directly into firing solutions. The result is a wheeled launcher that punches above its weight because it is rarely where the enemy expects it to be.

The global footprint is widening and reveals how partners intend to fight. Australia has received the first of its 42 systems and is pursuing an additional 48, aligning HIMARS and PrSM with a land-based maritime strike mission under LAND 8113. Estonia took delivery of its first launchers this spring, folding them into a Baltic defense concept built on dispersion, deception, and rapid fires. Taiwan has fielded initial batteries, conducted live-fire drills, and is moving to expand its order as part of a cross-Strait deterrence architecture that forces the PLA to defend critical nodes in depth. Poland is pursuing large-scale Homar-A integration of HIMARS modules on Polish trucks, complemented by domestic rocket production, signaling a shift toward massed precision across the Vistula. Each case underscores a common theme: Allied armies are buying tempo and reach, not just steel.

Lockheed Martin’s HIMARS line at Camden supports the launcher while colocated rocket and missile production ramps ER GMLRS and PrSM in parallel. Reporting indicates annual launcher throughput has risen markedly since 2022, part of a broader rearmament cycle to replenish stocks and meet new orders across NATO and the Indo-Pacific. Every launcher delivered today is effectively a forward-compatible node, able to accept new effectors as they mature.