JAGM achieves milestone C decision
Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system has successfully passed its Defense Acquisition Board review and achieved milestone C, the company announced on 27 June.
The milestone C decision was achieved after the completion of a series of JAGM flight tests, including ten limited user test flights, across the performance envelope and target requirements, successfully demonstrating the system's combat effectiveness and technical maturity.
JAGM will now enter into low-rate initial production. US Army initial operational capability is expected in early 2019.
JAGM is a multi-sensor air-to-ground missile that is the successor to the Hellfire Romeo and Hellfire Longbow missiles. Backward compatible with all rotary wing and fixed wing platforms that fire the Hellfire family of missiles, JAGM employs a multi-mode guidance section that offers enhanced performance on the battlefield.
The multimode missile combines improved semi-active laser and millimetre wave radar sensors that provide precision strike and fire-and-forget capability against stationary and moving land and maritime targets in adverse weather and obscured battlefield conditions.
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