Lockheed Martin to deliver 18 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launchers to Romania.

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $218,058,001 modification (P00024) to foreign military sales (Romania) contract W31P4Q-16-C-0036 for the procurement of 18 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launchers (HIMARS), associated training, spares and planned enhancement and product improvement modifications.

M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launcher (HIMARS) (Picture source: Youtube)

Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas, with an estimated completion date of December 30, 2020. Fiscal 2018 foreign military sales funds in the amount of $106,195,001 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

This market is a downsized completion of the initial plan: on August 18, 2017, the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Romania for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and related support and equipment. The estimated cost was $1.25 billion.