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Product Type: |
Air-to-Surface Missile |
Using Service (US): |
Air Force (USAF) and Navy |
Program Status: |
In Production |
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The Lockheed Martin AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) is a joint U.S. Air Force and Navy program
led by the Air Force to provide a conventional precision guided, long range standoff cruise
missile that can be delivered from both fighters and bombers. The JASSM is purchased in a
baseline variant as well as an extended range AGM-158B (JASSM-ER) variant. Only the Air Force is
currently buying the extended-range version.
JASSM is a conventionally armed low observable cruise missile designed to destroy high-value targets from aircraft
that can be launched from outside the area defenses. The missile has automatic target recognition, autonomous guidance,
precision accuracy, and a J-1000 warhead optimized for penetration. These characteristics give JASSM strong capabilities
against heavily defended hard targets such as aircraft shelters and underground command posts, as well as soft targets
such as rail yards.
JASSM carries the WDU-42B (J-1000), a 1000-pound class penetrating warhead with 240 pounds of AFX-757.
AFX-757 is an extremely insensitive explosive developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin AFB in Florida.
The fuze is the FMU-156B employing a 150-gram PBXN-9 booster.
The baseline AGM-158 JASSM is used on the B-52 Stratofortress, F-16 Fighting Falcon (Block 50), B-1B Lancer, and B-2 Spirit. Future applications include the F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon (Block 40), F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and F-35 Lightning II. The extra-range AGM-158B (JASSM-ER) can currently only be employed by the B-1B Lancer, but future applications will include the F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon (Block 25-42 and 50/52), the F-35 Lightning II, and the B-2 Spirit.
The mission of the JASSM is to destroy targets from a long-range standoff position deliverable by fighter and bomber aircraft.
The JASSM program had a production pause in FY 2010 due to technical issues. Given successful testing since of both baseline and ER variants, JASSM will resume production in FY 2011 and continue in FY 2012. The DoD will purchase 142 JASSM missiles in FY 2012 (112 JASSM baseline and 30 JASSM-ER missiles).
Continues full rate production. The DoD will purchase 142 JASSM missiles in FY 2013 (117 JASSM baseline and 40 JASSM-ER missiles). For more information, click to read the Full FY 2012 JASSM Budget Documentation.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Lockheed Martin Corp.
Last Update: July 16, 2012.
By Joakim Kasper Oestergaard (www.kostergaard.com)
Lockheed Martin: Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile
YouTube: AGM-158 JASSM | YouTube Videos
Fact Sheet: AGM-158 JASSM | Fact Sheet
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Primary Function: Long range air-to-surface cruise missile |
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