GA-EMS has been branching LRMP concepts out from 155mm artillery for some time, but applying the round to ER-GMLRS and PrSM would be the first known guided submunition pitch for Lockheed Martin’s long range MLRS Family of Munitions. Mike Rucker, Head of GA-EMS Weapons, detailed the company’s efforts in an exclusive interview with Naval News on the show floor of AUSA 2025.
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In operational use, LRMP uses a bottom-facing terrain imaging sensor as a guidance and acquisition system, allowing operation in GPS-free environments independent from outside communications. Once a target is acquired, the round flies over the target and pitches down into a 90 degree attack profile, acquiring targets with a nose-mounted infrared seeker. The flight profile, at near vertical descent over the target, is only one of many flight profiles options available for the round.
