Air Force to update budget with lower LRASM procurement

By Leigh Giangreco / April 21, 2016 at 5:42 PM
Updated fiscal year 2017 budget documents will show the Air Force intends to stop procurement of the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile Increment 1 in FY-19, falling just behind the Navy in its procurement quantity. The Air Force's FY-17 budget documents released in February indicated the service would procure a total of 106 missiles from FY-17 through FY-21, including 28 missiles in FY-20 and FY-21. The budget had also included 20 missiles for FY-17 and 15 missiles in both FY-18 and FY-19...

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