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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

DoD approves joint air-to-surface missile


Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile

The Defense Department has given the go-ahead to the Air Force’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, officials announced Friday, after more than a year of deliberating and rehabilitating the program with contractor Lockheed Martin.

The chief weapon buyer for the Pentagon, John Young, certified that required conditions had been met for the now-$6.1 billion cruise missile program.

In June, the Air Force plans to award the Lot 7 contract for about 115 JASSM missiles, and development-and-testing activities for the extended-range version are scheduled to resume, according to a statement from the air service.

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