PAE FIRES

PAE Fires is one of the U.S. Army’s core modernization enterprises, responsible for shaping, integrating, and delivering the Army’s most critical fires capabilities—today and into the future. PAE Fires sits at the intersection of requirements, acquisition, science and technology, operational testing, and Soldier feedback to accelerate the delivery of combat-credible capabilities at speed and scale.

PAE Fires oversees a broad portfolio that spans long-range precision fires, hypersonic weapons, integrated air and missile defense, counter-unmanned aircraft systems, advanced sensors, and the digital command-and-control networks that connect them. From development and prototyping to production, fielding, and sustainment, the enterprise ensures systems are not only technologically advanced, but operationally relevant, interoperable, and ready for combat.

The transition to the Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) construct reflects the Army’s shift toward continuous modernization and faster, more adaptive acquisition pathways. Under this model, PAE Fires emphasizes integration over stovepipes—aligning weapons, sensors, launchers, and networks into coherent, joint- and coalition-ready systems. This approach allows the Army to respond more rapidly to evolving threats while maintaining disciplined stewardship of taxpayer resources.

PAE Fires works closely with Combatant Commands, the Joint Force, industry partners, and international allies to turn innovation into deployable capability. Through competitive prototyping, open systems architectures, and close collaboration with operational units, the enterprise reduces risk, shortens timelines, and delivers capabilities Soldiers can trust in combat.

Headquartered at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, PAE Fires is powered by a diverse workforce of Soldiers, Army civilians, and industry partners united by a common mission: to ensure the Army retains decisive overmatch across the fires domain—today, tomorrow, and for decades to come.

Ten project offices manage 62 programs of record which leverage state-of-the-art technology to meet full-spectrum operations requirements:

• Advanced Fires Project Office (AFPO)
• Directed Energy - Rapid Prototype Deliver (DE-RPD)
• Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC)
• Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW)
• Mid-Range Capability (MRC)
• Short and Intermediate Effectors for Layered Defense (SHIELD)
• Search, Track, Acquire, Radiate, Eliminate (STARE)
• Self-Propelled Howitzer Systems (SPHS)
• Strategic and Operational Rockets and Missiles (STORM)
• Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions (TAGM)