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Army

Multi-Year Deals For GMLRS, PAC-3s May Save Army Nearly $150 Million, Documents Say

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, April 13th, 2023

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Multi-Year Deals For GMLRS, PAC-3s May Save Army Nearly $150 Million, Documents Say

GMLRS Alternative Warhead Firing Photo: Lockheed Martin

The Army is expecting to save nearly $150 million if it’s able to award multi-year contracts in fiscal year 2024 for GMLRS and Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 missiles, according to newly released Pentagon documents. The Pentagon’s comptroller’s office has detailed the Army’s multi-year procurement (MYP) requests for the two munitions, which include a potential four-year, nearly $2.6 billion deal for 18,000 GMLRS rockets and a three-year, $2.58 billion award for up to 1,000 PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhanced (MSE) missiles. Army…

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