Finnish Air Force has conducted two successful live firings of JASSM Standoff missiles in the United States on 5 and 9 March. AGM-158...
Finnish Air Force has conducted two successful live firings of JASSM Standoff missiles in the United States on 5 and 9 March.
AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Weapon) is a part of the suite of precision-guided weapons integrated into the Finnish Air Force Boeing F/A-18 C/D Hornet Multi-Role fighter fleet during the Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) 2 program that took place from 2010 to 2016.
The JASSM live firings took place at a test range close to the Naval Air Weapons China Lake base, in California, USA.
The firings were conducted successfully with both missiles destroying their designated training targets on the firing range. Successful firings proved the technical functionality of the JASSM missile system and its task planning software in the Finnish Air Force F/A-18 fleet.
The functioning of the on-board software in the F/A-18 fleet was proven already earlier during fall 2017 with the March 2018 live firings proving that the chain of systems required for JASSM operations enable the achievement of Full Operation Capability (FOC).
The Air-to-Ground weapon suite of the Finnish Air Force consist of the JASSM, the precision-guided bomb JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) and the medium-range glide bomb the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW).
For the JASSM integration work, the Finnish Air Force transferred two F/A-18C Hornets to NAWS China Lake in 2016. The aircraft will be ferry-flown back to Finland in mid-May. Before this they’ll perform test flights at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland for proving the functionality of other F/A-18 systems.
US initially rejected Finnish request for JASSM acquisition, but following Russian aggression in Crimea, the deal was cleared.
AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Weapon) is a part of the suite of precision-guided weapons integrated into the Finnish Air Force Boeing F/A-18 C/D Hornet Multi-Role fighter fleet during the Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) 2 program that took place from 2010 to 2016.
The JASSM live firings took place at a test range close to the Naval Air Weapons China Lake base, in California, USA.
The firings were conducted successfully with both missiles destroying their designated training targets on the firing range. Successful firings proved the technical functionality of the JASSM missile system and its task planning software in the Finnish Air Force F/A-18 fleet.
The functioning of the on-board software in the F/A-18 fleet was proven already earlier during fall 2017 with the March 2018 live firings proving that the chain of systems required for JASSM operations enable the achievement of Full Operation Capability (FOC).
The Air-to-Ground weapon suite of the Finnish Air Force consist of the JASSM, the precision-guided bomb JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) and the medium-range glide bomb the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW).
For the JASSM integration work, the Finnish Air Force transferred two F/A-18C Hornets to NAWS China Lake in 2016. The aircraft will be ferry-flown back to Finland in mid-May. Before this they’ll perform test flights at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland for proving the functionality of other F/A-18 systems.
US initially rejected Finnish request for JASSM acquisition, but following Russian aggression in Crimea, the deal was cleared.
