Lockheed Martin [LMT] won a second contract to help provide Poland with a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) capability, the company said Feb. 25.
The Air Force awarded the company a nearly $8 million foreign military sales (FMS) contract to support additional integration of the JASSM onto the Polish Air Force’s F-16C/D fleet. Awarded in December 2015, this contract includes support for a range of certification and flight activity, with integrated logistics support and program and technical oversight to close in 2018.
The JASSM is a precision-guided cruise missile armed with a blast-fragmentation warhead. It is equipped with an infrared seeker and a digital, anti-jam GPS.
Lockheed Martin’s first JASSM contract for Poland had the company provide 40 JASSMs, hardware, software, documentation, and program management. The earlier contract made Poland the company’s third international customer for the JASSM after Australia and Finland. Production and delivery of the first test missiles were set to start this year.
“Our airworthiness efforts expand and refine JASSM’s employment flexibility on Polish jets, ensuring the Polish Air Force has this vital cruise missile capability,” Bob Adams, Lockheed Martin’s long range strike systems international program manager, said in a statement.
“JASSM’s high reliability and effectiveness allows the missile to defeat current and future threats in challenging environments,” he added.
The JASSM is integrated on U.S. B-1, B-2, B-52, F-16, and F-15E aircraft while internationally it is limited to the F/A-18A/B and F-18C/D. It is produced at the company’s Troy, Ala., facility.