Editing ATACMS (section)

=== Production ===
In March 1986, Ling-Temco-Vought won the contract for the missile design. The system was assigned the MGM-140 designation. The first test launch came two years later, thanks to earlier experience of the company with previous programs.

In 2007, the U.S. Army terminated the ATACMS program due to cost, ending the ability to replenish stocks. To sustain the remaining inventory, the ATACMS Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) was launched, which refurbishes or replaces propulsion and navigation systems, replaces [[cluster munition]] warheads with the unitary [[Blast-fragmentation|blast fragmentation]] warhead, and adds a [[proximity fuze]] option to obtain area effects. Deliveries were projected to start in 2018. The ATACMS SLEP is a bridging initiative to provide time to complete analysis and development of a successor capability to the aging ATACMS stockpile, which could be ready around 2022.{{Update inline|date=October 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 May 2014|title=ARCIC / Exclusive / Capabilities Development for Long Range Precision Fires|url=http://www.arcic.army.mil/Articles/cdd-Capabilities-Development-For-Long-Range-Precision-Fires.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321220100/http://www.arcic.army.mil/Articles/cdd-Capabilities-Development-For-Long-Range-Precision-Fires.aspx|archive-date=21 March 2015|website=ARCIC.Army.mil}}</ref>

The [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023]] authorized the production and procurement of up to 1,700 additional ATACMS, but this was not funded by the 2023 Defense Appropriations Act.<ref name="Altman 2023 l764">{{cite web |last=Altman |first=Howard |date=22 June 2023 |title=Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb Won't Make Ukraine Combat Debut Till Fall |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ground-launched-small-diameter-bomb-wont-make-ukraine-combat-debut-till-fall |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920132318/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ground-launched-small-diameter-bomb-wont-make-ukraine-combat-debut-till-fall |archive-date=20 September 2023 |access-date=13 September 2023 |website=The Drive}}</ref><ref name="NDAA 2023">{{cite web |date=23 December 2022 |title=National Defense Authorization Act 2023 |url=https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ263/PLAW-117publ263.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722104243/https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ263/PLAW-117publ263.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2023 |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=rules.house.gov |page=452}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=May 2024}}