Canada to Receive M142 HIMARS Artillery Worth $1.75 Billion

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Canada of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.75 billion.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress.

The Government of Canada has requested to buy 26 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); 132 M31A2 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary pods with Insensitive Munitions Propulsion System (IMPS); 132 M30A2 GMLRS Alternative Warhead (AW) pods with IMPS; 32 M403 Extended Range (ER) GMLRS AW pods with IMPS; 32 M404 ER GMLRS Unitary pods with IMPS; and 64 M57 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) pods.

The proposed sale will improve Canada’s ability to meet current and future threats by providing the M142 HIMARS long range precision strike system and munitions.

This capability will protect Canada by improving Canada’s contribution to collective hemispheric defense and to defense and deterrence in Europe, as directed by NATO’s defense plans. Canada will have no difficulty absorbing these articles and services into its armed forces.