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The AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (AGM-158 JASSM) is a low detection standoff air-launched cruise missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the United States Armed Forces. [7] It is a large, stealthy long-range weapon with a 1,000-pound (450 kg) armor piercing warhead.
The purchase price for the entire package is more than 8 billion euros ($8. ... (Reuters) -The German government has started the ordering process for 75 new JASSM-ER cruise missiles from the ...
The following is a list of cruise missiles. It does not include the specifically anti-ship missiles, which are on a separate list. ... AGM-158 JASSM: Air to Surface
Lockheed Martin (LMT) clinches a contract of $51.1 million to provide all-up round level systems engineering and programmatic activities for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extreme Range.
The Air Force will use the JASSM-ER and the longer-ranged JASSM-XR to fulfill the conventional standoff missile role. [ 13 ] In April 2020, the Air Force announced plans to continue the Long-Range Standoff Weapon’s development with Raytheon Company as a sole-source contractor.
The F-16-compatible AGM-158A JASSM missile is particularly similar to the UK and France’s Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG air-launched cruise missiles, which were given to Ukraine and strapped onto its ...
The AGM-159 was a high precision cruise missile design proposed in 1996 by the Boeing (McDonnell-Douglas) company as a contender in the U.S. Air Force's JASSM project. It was intended to be able to penetrate advanced air defense systems, such as the Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile system. The weapon was intended to be carried by long range ...
The JASSM and LRASM missiles are cousins. JASSM was developed in the 2000s as a stealthy, subsonic cruise missile. JASSM typically uses GPS to fly to a midpoint, then uses an imaging infrared ...