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USAF Requests $711 Million for 525 “Max Production” of JASSM-ER

USAF Requests $711 Million for 525 “Max Production” of JASSM-ER
An F-15E Strike Eagle is loaded with five JASSMs at Eglin AFB, Fla. on May 11 as part of Project Strike Rodeo. Led by the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Project Strike Rodeo is to lay the foundation for follow-on flight testing that would more than double the F-15E’s current JASSM-carrying capacity (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force fiscal 2022 budget requests nearly $711 million for 525 Lockheed Martin [LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Munitions Extended Range (JASSM-ER)--an increase of almost $211 million and 125 missiles from the fiscal 2021 congressionally funded amount. The service said that the 525 represent the highest possible, yearly production level--"max production." The proposal would fund amounts for three JASSM-ER variants--280 of the $1 million AGM-158B--a decrease of 80 weapons from fiscal 2021; 210 of the $1.1 million AGM-158B-2, an…

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