US approves USD 670 million HIMARS package for Netherlands
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Netherlands of HIMARS launchers and related equipment.
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Netherlands of HIMARS launchers and related equipment.
The United States announced the approval sale of M142 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) launchers to Poland.
The German arms producer Rheinmetall is holding negotiations with American defence industry giant Lockheed Martin to set up the HIMARS system production in Germany.
Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas signed the contract for acquiring High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers.
The United States will deploy additional rotational forces to Estonia in order to strengthen NATO’s forward defenses and increase the security of its Allies.
A RAF Brize Norton based Atlas transport aircraft has conducted trials in Romania to rapidly deploy NATO weapons capabilities, using a Romanian military HIMARS weapons system.
The contract for HIMARS for Lithuania is expected to be signed by the end of the year.
Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated its next-generation Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (ER GMLRS) in a test at White Sands Missile Range.
Lithuania will purchase eight M142 HIMARS rocket launchers from the US. The contract is expected to be signed by December.
NATO’s multinational battlegroup in Latvia took part in the exercise as part of Latvia’s Mechanised Infantry Brigade.
The US Army has reported on the progress of the program to produce an unmanned variant of the GMLRS/ATACMS M142 HIMARS launcher.