US Army orders more air-to-ground missiles
UK named as one of the recipients in latest US Army missile contract modification for Lockheed Martin.
US Army Contracting Command has issued a $201.75 million contract modification for Lockheed Martin to provide what the DoD on 11 March called ‘Joint Air-to-Ground Munitions’.
These will be provided to the DoD (including the US Army) and the UK under the FMS programme.
Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida, with an estimated completion date of 31 December 2023.
While the DoD did not identify the type or types of munitions to be provided under the latest modification, previous modifications to the same contract specifically referred to the AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missile (pictured).
However, Lockheed Martin is also developing the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) as a successor to Hellfire and other air-to-surface weapons in the US Army arsenal.
The company is already doubling monthly production of JAGM for the US Army under a December 2019 contract.
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