April 11, 2019
The Army Is Getting a Powerful New Hellfire Missile Upgrade
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by Task and Purpose
The Army is poised to begin full-rate production on the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile designed to combine the best features of several air-to-surface missiles into a single, unified system for use across several services.
In a pre-solicitation notice issued on Tuesday, Army Contracting Command detailed a requirement for 3,000 JAGM missiles over the next two fiscal years for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as unidentified "special customers." Jane's 360 reports that a formal award for the contract is expected sometime in 2019.
The JAGM — intended to replace the AGM-114 Hellfire, AGM-65 Maverick, and BGM-71 TOW air-launched systems — combines both semi-active laser and millimeter wave radar sensor technologies used in two different Hellfire variants, topped off with a Hellfire Romeo warhead, motor, and flight control systems.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/army-getting-powerful-new-hellfire-missile-upgrade-52067
