Air Force surges munitions buys with $4.3B for JASSM and LRASM, $3.5B for AMRAAM
The awards follow a desire by officials to boost the Pentagon’s munitions stockpile.
Air Force, Space Force seek $16B extra for FY26 ‘unfunded priorities’
The services’ unfunded requests, obtained by Breaking Defense, reflect sharp increases compared to last year.
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Lockheed announces new ‘extreme range’ version of JASSM cruise missile
Lockheed is putting its own funds toward early development work on the missile, which could “significantly” expand the missile’s reach past the JASSM and the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile variants currently being produced for the Air Force and Navy, said Michael Rothstein, Lockheed’s vice president of air weapons and sensors.
Air Force program for new F-35 missile will knock out at least one prime in FY24
Air Force’s Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) program has funded prototyping work with three short-term contracts first issued last year to Lockheed Martin, L3Harris and Northrop Grumman.
B-21 Speeds To IOC; ARRW Test Slated For Next Month: Ray
The B-21 program will not undertake traditional "block upgrades" to beef up future performance, says Air Force Global Strike Command head Gen. Timothy Ray. Instead, it will incrementally add new capabilities as they become available.
Russian Threat Drives Lockheed’s JASSM Sales
[Updated with Bryan Clark analysis] Lockheed Martin doesn’t like to say it, but their best salesman isn’t getting a bonus this year. That’s because his name is Vladimir Putin. An increasingly aggressive and well-armed Russia is clearly driving its neighbors to build up their own arsenals, and in highly specific ways. Thus the international success of […]
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