REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (April 28, 2026) – Modern warfare has evolved beyond single threats.
Enter MSET.
Developed by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center, Multiple Simultaneous Engagement Technologies, or MSET, addresses the need for increased precision and lethality in close combat and anti-access/area denial environments.
“Multiple Simultaneous Engagement Technologies, or MSET, developed missile software applications to enable a single Soldier to form mission plan, execute, and monitor multiple missiles simultaneously engaging single or multiple targets,” said Dr. Shane Thompson, DEVCOM AvMC’s MSET program manager.
MSET was a DEVCOM AvMC science and technology program that is transitioning to the Army’s Program Acquisition Executive Fires in 2026 and now lives within its Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions, or TAGM, Project Office as part of the Long-Range Precision Munition Program. PAE Fires plans to field this LRPM with MSET in mid-to-late 2027.
“This is a successful S&T transition that didn’t fall into the ‘valley of death’ where S&T all too often finds itself,” said Lt. Col. Jim Lawson, TAGM’s product manager for Aviation Rockets and Small Guided Munitions.
In April, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center hosted a Soldier from the Utah National Guard’s 19th Special Forces Group to receive training on the MSET suite of applications, ahead of MSET’s participation in African Lion 2026, a multinational exercise held in multiple locations in Africa.
The MSET capability integrates Precision Target Acquisition Software, a DEVCOM AvMC-developed, image-based target acquisition and tracking application, with an Autonomy Toolkit from Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Lab to enable precision engagements. This system is operated through the MSET User Interface within the Android Tactical Assault Kit, ensuring a familiar and effective experience for the Soldier.
“MSET brings autonomy and one-to-many control to the Launched Effects program giving Soldiers on the battlefield to additional options to employ lethal effects,” Lawson said.
African Lion will test both current and upcoming prototype systems, provided to Soldiers to execute missions with in realistic real-world scenarios. Soldiers are trained to use the systems independently, but with some technical support from system engineers and scientists.
During the Soldier’s training at DEVCOM AvMC, the Soldier trained on the system in the MSET lab and then executed multiple MSET missions during a TAGM LRPM test at Redstone Arsenal, resulting in a successful target impact.
This Soldier touchpoint was invaluable for the developers, Thompson said. While the Soldier had high praise for the MSET UI and its ease of use, he also provided recommendations for feature additions, which the MSET team has already begun to implement. He said that through working with the scientists and engineers at DEVCOM AvMC, he was pleased to see first-hand how the Army is investing in the technology of the future – technology that will make a real difference in the hands of Soldiers.
“This system makes sense,” the Soldier said. “Tactically, I can see this system have a real, practical application.”
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About DEVCOM AvMC: DEVCOM AvMC is the nexus of Army aviation and missile modernization, where the operational requirements of Transformation and Training Command (T2COM) are fused with the acquisition strategies of the Portfolio Acquisition Executives (PAE). As the Army’s primary source of deep technical expertise, the Center provides the innovative science and responsive life-cycle engineering that allows the PAEs to execute programs at speed, delivering the asymmetric capabilities required to ensure our Soldiers dominate future conflicts.
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