© 2013 Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin received a $13.3 million Foreign Military Sales contract in November from the U.S. Air Force to s...
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Lockheed Martin received a $13.3 million Foreign Military Sales contract in November from the U.S. Air Force to support additional integration of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile(JASSM) onto the Finnish Air Force F-18C/D fighter aircraft.
This third contract for Finland includes wind tunnel models and test support, software development completion, logistics support and engineering documentation. All work under this contract will be completed by third quarter 2016.
The contract follows the $34.2 million June 2013 contract award for test missiles, software development and engineering documentation as well as tooling, process development and equipment for facility expansion. The first contract, awarded in 2012, initiated the six-year integration, production and sustainment effort. The program is a joint effort between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin and the Finnish Air Force.
U.S. Air Force recently awarded Lockheed Martin, two contracts for continued production of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and the Extended Range (ER) variant totaling $449 million.
JASSM is an autonomous, air-to-ground, precision-guided standoff missile designed to meet the needs of U.S. and allied warfighters. Armed with a penetrator and blast fragmentation warhead, JASSM cruises autonomously, day or night in all weather conditions. The missile employs an infrared seeker and enhanced digital anti-jam Global Positioning System to find specific points on targets. The stealthy JASSM is integrated on the U.S. Air Force’s B-1, B-2, B-52, F-16 and F-15E. Internationally, JASSM is certified on the F/A-18A/B for the Royal Australian Air Force.
