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JAGM Achieves Initial Operational Capability For AH-1Z

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JAGM Achieves Initial Operational Capability For AH-1Z
U.S. Marines with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) load a joint air-to-ground missile (JAGM) onto an AH-1Z Viper during an operational test at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Dec. 6, 2021. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps by Cpl. Gabrielle Sanders)

The Marine Corps said last week the AGM-179A Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) attained Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for use with the Bell Textron [TXT] AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter. The JAGM aims to replace the Hellfire missiles on all aircraft that currently fire Hellfires. This air to surface precision-guided missile uses both semi-active laser guidance and millimeter-wave radar for use with rotary wing, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and fixed-wing platforms to destroy land and maritime stationary and moving targets. It is…

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