Air Force Gives Go-Ahead For JASSM Low-Rate Initial Production

By John Liang / December 23, 2001 at 5:00 AM
The Air Force has given the go-ahead for the Joint Air- to-Surface Standoff Missile to enter low-rate initial production, the service announced late last week. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Pete Aldridge gave the go-ahead following a Dec. 19 Defense Acquisition Board review of the missile's readiness for LRIP, according to an Air Force statement. "We have a low-cost, high performance program and we came in below the objective of $400K in FY-95 dollars," said Terry...

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