USAF Procures JASSM-ER Missiles for $818M

The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin $818.2 million to supply 790 JASSM-Extended Range (ER) missiles.

“Lockheed Martin has been awarded an $818.2 million contract for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) Lot 17 and 18 production. This contract provides for 360 Lot 17 JASSM-Extended Range (ER) missiles; 40 Lot 17 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) JASSM-ER missiles; and 390 Lot 18 JASSM-ER missiles,” the Pentagon said in a statement Wednesday.

A 2,000-pound class weapon with a penetrator/blast fragmentation warhead, the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) cruise missile employs precision routing and guidance in adverse weather, day or night, using an infrared seeker in addition to the anti-jam GPS to find a specific aim point on the target. It has a stealthy airframe.

JASSM is integrated on the US Air Force's B-1B, B-2, B-52, F-16 and F-15E. JASSM-ER is integrated on the B-1B, the F-15E and is currently completing integration for the internal bay and wings of the B-52H, and F-16C/D. Internationally, JASSM is carried on the F/A-18A/B and the F-18C/D aircraft.

JASSM-ER extended long-range, conventional, air-to-ground, precision-guided standoff missile has a standoff distance of over 500 nautical miles.