REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (July 31, 2025) – As the driving force behind the Fire Control System software of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center plays a pivotal role in advancing the Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires modernization priorities.
Aligned with the Department of Defense Software Modernization Strategy, the DEVCOM AvMC Precision Fires team, under the Center’s Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate, is accelerating the delivery of secure, scalable and resilient software solutions. These efforts ensure that soldiers receive mission-critical capabilities, such as the Precision Strike Missile hitting another milestone in July 2025, as announced by the Strategic and Operational Rockets and Missiles Project Office of the Program Executive Office Missiles and Space.
These efforts have not gone unnoticed.
“Other organizations are recognizing that we are out front in Army software modernization,” said Dr. Cailin Simpson, Precision Fires Portfolio Engineering Lead. “They are asking us to teach them how to do it, how to be successful in a collaborative Dev*Ops environment.”
This recognition underscores the impact of Precision Fires’ work in setting a benchmark for modern software development and supporting HIMARS systems getting to the warfighter. In 2025 alone, the Precision Fires team successfully conducted 21 fielding events, ensuring that critical capabilities were rapidly delivered to operational units and directly enhancing readiness across the force.
The Precision Fires team has embraced software modernization practices to enhance iterative development using automation to delivering next-generation precision strike capabilities like the PrSM missile system. By utilizing DEVCOM AvMC’s Dev*Ops integrated approach that combines mission and customer driven development, shifting assessment and control activities left and utilizing a systems-thinking mindset, Precision Fires is ensuring LRPF modernization priorities meet the Army’s modernization objectives.
These advancements enabled by Software Principles for Development Solutions, a hybrid cloud DevOps platform that integrates Zero Trust architecture. The SPDS platform fosters collaboration among developers, testers, mission users and industry partners, enabling faster, data-driven decision-making. Through its partnership with PM STORM, the Precision Fires team ensures that these advancements are synchronized with the Army’s overarching strategy for rockets and missiles.
To shift testing left, the Precision Fires team is expanding automated testing to by deploying CI/CD builds directly to HIMARS HWILs to provide faster feedback and broader coverage. This reduces the reliance on time and resource-intensive manual validation while ensuring that new releases meet operational standards. The team is also integrating artificial intelligence solutions to enhance code review, generate analysis and detect anomalies, which could further improve speed, accuracy and security throughout the software lifecycle.
By focusing on innovation, automation, and continuous collaboration, the Precision Fires team is creating a scalable, repeatable model for delivering high-quality software for the Army.
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The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, known as DEVCOM, is Army Futures Command’s leader and integrator within a global ecosystem of scientific exploration and technological innovation. DEVCOM expertise spans eight major competency areas to provide integrated research, development, analysis and engineering support to the Army and DOD. From rockets to robots, drones to dozers, and aviation to artillery – DEVCOM innovation is at the core of the combat capabilities American Warfighters need to win on the battlefield of the future. For more information, visit devcom.army.mil/.
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