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# Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin fire GMARS launcher for the first time
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-08-04-rheinmetall-lockheed-gmars-first-live-fire/
- Published: 2025-08-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T12:00:12.000Z
- Description: Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin fired the GMARS launcher, built on Rheinmetall's HX chassis, for the first time at White Sands Missile Range. Rheinmetall describes GMARS as a European built long range fires system interoperable with allied GMLRS, ATACMS and PrSM missiles.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Rheinmetall press release, 4 August 2025](https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/media/news-watch/news/2025/08/2025-08-04-rheinmetall-lm-live-firing-gmars?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish any order for GMARS by a European government or confirm German industrial production volumes.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)