HIMARS team wins SECDEF logistics award.The Department of Defense (DoD) selected the Army's High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS HIMARS High Mobility Artillery Rocket System HIMARS Highly Mobile Artillery System ) Project Management Office and Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control for the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF SECDEF Secretary of Defense ) 2006 Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) Award. The award was presented at the Aerospace Industries Association Fall Product Support Conference at Hilton Head, South Carolina, in November 2006. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Created in 2005 by the Department of Defense, this award recognizes integrated performance packages that optimize a system's readiness at lower costs than traditional maintenance programs. The Army nominated HIMARS for the annual award based on the Army-industry team's combined solutions to make the warfighters' jobs easier and more efficient. The HIMARS product support concept combines Army organic capabilities with Lockheed Martin's field support. Because of its C-130 transportability, HIMARS can be deployed into areas previously inaccessible to heavier launchers. It incorporates the self-loading, autonomous features of the multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System (US DoD) MLRS Multiple Launcher Rocket System MLRS Marine Corps Long-Range Study (US DoD) ), firing a "six-pack" of rockets or one Army tactical missile system (ATACMS ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System ATACMS Army Tactical Cruise Missile System ATACMS Army Tactical Advanced Conventional Munitions System (US Army) ). Its fire control system and electronics and communications units are interchangeable with the existing M1270A1 MLRS launcher as well as the crew and the crew's training. HIMARS fires the entire MLRS family of munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. , including the precision-guided ATACMS unitary missile and the new precision guided MLRS unitary (GMLRS GMLRS Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System ) rocket. The Army entrusts Lockheed Martin with responsibilities for the performance-based specification components of HIMARS: the fire control system and launcher loader module. This includes supply, maintenance and related logistical support, including field service representatives for the HIMARS launchers. HIMARS' logistics first were combat tested in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and continue the success rate with HIMARS deployed in support of the War on Terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act (WOT). In all operational scenarios, the HIMARS performance-based logistics concept has ensured exceptionally high operational readiness rates. LTC John A. Chicoli, FA Product Manager, FA Launchers John Bezner, Lockheed Martin Director, Logistics Modernization |
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