JAGM testing turns up cyber vulnerability, AH-64E integration glitches, missed shots

By Jason Sherman / January 26, 2018 at 2:24 PM
Early testing of the Pentagon's $7 billion replacement program for the Army and Marine Corps' laser- and radar-guided air-launch missiles -- the Joint-Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) -- has turned up cyber vulnerabilities and difficulty in select situations launching it from the Army's most advanced attack helicopter, the AH-64E Apache. Those findings in the first-ever assessment on the JAGM program by the Pentagon's top weapons tester in his fiscal year 2017 annual report also note the program, despite shortfalls revealed during testing,...

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