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Air Force Exploring Fighter Jet Integration Options For JASSM-ER

/ January 29, 2015 at 6:31 PM
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin are exploring options for integrating the extended-range JASSM cruise missile with the F-16 and F-15E fighter jets after the standoff weapon was declared combat-ready on the B-1B Lancer. Jason Denney, Lockheed's long-range strike systems program director, told Inside the Air Force in a Jan. 27 interview that the service has requested proposals for integrating the weapon onto those fighter jets as production of the improved Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) scales up. Denney joined...

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