The Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile flight test program racked up two more successes, making it 11 out of 13 since January 2005. One test featured launch from a B-1B, the other from an F-16. Both “navigated planned waypoints and struck their intended targets,” said Air Combat Command officials. Within the Air Force, the JASSM has achieved IOC on the B-1B and the B-52H, with anticipated IOC on the F-16 and B-2 by March, according to ACC officials.
Lockheed Martin projects more than a billion dollars of losses on a classified program, but company officials said April 23 they are confident it will turn profitable by 2028 and become a "franchise" system in the U.S. military.