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USAF Budgets $55 Million for Extended Range FAMM in Fiscal 2027, Another $300 Million for FAMM To Be In Future Reconciliation Bill

USAF Budgets $55 Million for Extended Range FAMM in Fiscal 2027, Another $300 Million for FAMM To Be In Future Reconciliation Bill
Pictured is a photo released by the U.S. Air Force on Apr. 13 of an F-16 releasing a Family of Affordable Mass Missiles-Lugged weapon in a test.

The U.S. Air Force's fiscal 2027 discretionary budget procurement request includes $55 million for a more than 1,000 nautical mile range Extended Range variant of the Family of Affordable Mass Missiles (FAMM), and the service plans to ask for another $300 million for palletized missiles (FAMM-P) for cargo aircraft and lugged (FAMM-L) missiles for fighters in a future reconciliation bill. The Air Force wants a seven-year multi-year procurement (MYP) authorization for FAMM. Congress appropriated $656 million for 3,010 FAMMs in…

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