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Precision Munitions Training System / PMTS

Precision Munitions Training System / PMTS is Lockheed Martin's U.S.-made live-drop training system for precision-guided munitions employment. The company says it trains single-mode and dual-mode direct attack weapons, emulates Paveway II Plus LGB, Paragon, Dual Mode LGB, and JDAM/Laser JDAM profiles, and combines a GPS/Inertial Navigation System subsystem with a MIL-STD-1760 aircraft interface.

Various Conflicts🏳️ Unspecified

Precision Munitions Training System / PMTS, Live-drop training system for precision-guided munitions, Support Equipment

Image source: PMTS product page

Training Coverage

Lockheed Martin says PMTS emulates several precision-guided munitions and direct-attack weapons while using a low-cost GPS/Inertial Navigation System subsystem and a MIL-STD-1760 aircraft interface.

Catalog entry	Target type	PMTS connection
Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb	Laser-guided bomb	Lockheed Martin names the Paveway II Plus LGB as one of the precision-guided munitions PMTS emulates.
Joint Direct Attack Munition / JDAM-guided bomb	GPS/INS-guided bomb	The PMTS page says the system emulates JDAM and Laser JDAM training profiles.

Profile

Origin: United States
Built by: Lockheed Martin
Type: Live-drop training system for precision-guided munitions
Service note: 2020s-present

Also Known As

PMTS
Precision Munitions Training System

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Specifications

Training role: Next-generation live drop trainer
Emulation targets: Paveway II Plus LGB, Paragon direct attack munition, Dual Mode LGB, and JDAM/Laser JDAM
Guidance and interface: Low-cost GPS/Inertial Navigation System subsystem with a MIL-STD-1760 aircraft interface
Airframe: Multi-carriage-capable airframe for increased aircraft loadout
Maintenance: All-up round requires no assembly and is described by Lockheed Martin as maintenance-free and landfill safe

Service And Conflict Use

Service History

In service: Live-fire training for single-mode and dual-mode direct attack weapons.

Conflict Usage

Side: 🏳️Unspecified

Exact model: Precision Munitions Training System (PMTS). It is a live-drop training system that emulates precision-guided munitions; I found no combat use.

Precision Munitions Training System / PMTS Images

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Sources

PMTS product pagePublisher: Lockheed Martin | Note: Supports PMTS as Lockheed Martin's live-drop training system, its single-mode and dual-mode direct attack weapon training role, GPS/Inertial Navigation System subsystem, MIL-STD-1760 aircraft interface, ELGTR technology base, multi-carriage airframe, maintenance-free all-up-round description, and official product imagery. | Accessed: 2026-06-23 PMTS product brochurePublisher: Lockheed Martin | Note: Supports PMTS as a cost-effective live-fire trainer for single-mode and dual-mode direct attack weapons and corroborates the product's training-system context. | Accessed: 2026-06-23