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Lockheed awarded $218 million contract for 18 HIMARS launchers for Romania

Crews from the 4th Battalion of the 133rd Field Artillery Regiment (HIMARS), attached to the 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard hosted a Family Day on Saturday, June 25, at Fort Hood, Texas. Families, friends, and civilian co-workers and employers were invited to Fort Hood to see their soldier in action and witness a demonstration of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) as the unit is spending its two weeks of annual training running operations, fire missions, and completing their annual proficiency certifications. (U.S. Army Photo by Maj. Randall Stillinger, 36th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $218 million contract for the procurement of 18 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers for Romania, a U.S. Department of Defense release said.

The $218,058,001 modification includes 18 M142 HIMARS launchers, training, spares and planned enhancement and product improvement modifications, the Thursday, August 9 release said.

Work is expected to be completed by December 30, 2020.

The M142 HIMARS light multiple rocket launcher mounted on a truck and carries six rockets or one larger missile.

The sale of HIMARS to Romania was approved by the State Department in August 2017. The proposed $1.25 billion program includes up to 54 HIMARS launchers and a raft of associated equipment.

“The proposed sale of the HIMARS system will support Romania’s needs for its own self-defense and support NATO defense goals,” the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said at the time.

In October 2017, NATO launched Multinational Division Southeast, a Romanian brigade of up to 4,000 soldiers, supported by troops from nine other countries, alongside a separate deployment of 900 U.S. troops already in place.

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