The extended-range variant of the stealthy Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile completed operational testing and has been cleared to enter full-rate production, announced builder Lockheed Martin on Monday. “The full-rate production decision demonstrates that our customer, at all levels of the US Air Force, has confidence in JASSM-ER,” said Jason Denney, the company’s long-range strike systems director. The weapon successfully struck 20 out of 21 targets, scoring a 95 percent hit rate, in operational test and evaluation that wrapped up last year, according to the company. JASSM-ER boasts two-and a half times the range of the standard JASSM, providing “warfighters with a first-day, first-strike capability in an anti-access, area-denial environment,” said Denney. It is cleared for use on the B-1B, while the baseline JASSM has been integrated with the B-1B, B-2A, B-52H, F-16 and F-15E. The Air Force earlier this year tasked Lockheed Martin to build 100 extended-range JASSMs during JASSM production lots 11 and 12, which also include orders for the baseline variant.
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
