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$300 Million for FAMM Pulled Forward By House Appropriators

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, June 24th, 2026

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$300 Million for FAMM Pulled Forward By House Appropriators

Pictured is a U.S. Air Force F-16 carrying two Family of Affordable Mass Missiles – Lugged weapons in a recent test flight.

House appropriators fund the U.S. Air Force Family of Mass Missiles (FAMM) at $355 million in fiscal 2027, an add of $300 million to the service's discretionary budget request. The Air Force requested $55 million for a more than 1,000 nautical mile Extended Range FAMM in fiscal 2027 and had planned on asking for another $300 million in a third reconciliation bill for FAMM-Palletized (FAMM-P) variants for cargo aircraft and FAMM-Lugged (FAMM-L) versions for fighters, but doubts have surfaced on…

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