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Saturday, October 01, 2011

JAGM In Jeopardy Amid Budget Talks


After multiple attempts to field a single replacement for the Hellfire, TOW and Maverick missiles, the U.S. Army may once again find itself without support for the project.

The U.S. Army has been slated to select a contractor to build the so-called Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) by year’s end. Raytheon and Boeing are pitted against Lockheed Martin for the work.

“It is a program that is in trouble right now and needs a lot of support,” says Lt. Gen. Terry Robling, U.S. Marine Corps commandant for aviation. He underscored that the capability is needed by his service at a Sept. 29 breakfast hosted by the Navy League.

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