U.S. Air Force Approves Full Rate Production for Lockheed Martin’s JASSM®-ER

The U.S. Air Force has approved full rate production for Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range (JASSM-ER).

JASSM-ER successfully completed U.S. Air Force Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) flight testing in 2013. During IOT&E, the program had a 95 percent success rate, scoring 20 successes in 21 flights. Lots 11 and 12 of the JASSM contract awarded in December 2013 included 100 ER missiles.

“The full rate production decision demonstrates that our customer, at all levels of the U.S. Air Force, has confidence in JASSM-ER,” said Jason Denney, long-range strike systems program director at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “JASSM-ER provides warfighters with a first day, first strike capability in an anti-access, area-denial environment.”

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