Joint Air-to-Ground Missile

AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile
Type Air-to-surface missile
Service history
In service IOC expected in 2019[1]
Production history
Manufacturer Lockheed Martin
Specifications
Weight 108 lb (49 kg)
Length 70 in (1,800 mm)
Diameter 7 in (180 mm)
Operational
range
 5 mi (8.0 km) (Increment 1)[2]
Guidance
system
 semi-active laser and millimeter-wave radar
Launch
platform
 Helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft

The AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) is a U.S. military program to develop an air-to-surface missile to replace the current air-launched BGM-71 TOW, AGM-114 Hellfire, and AGM-65 Maverick missiles.[3] The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps plan to buy thousands of JAGMs.[4]

Description

The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) program is a follow-on from the unsuccessful AGM-169 Joint Common Missile program that was cancelled due to budget cuts. JAGM will share basically the same objectives and technologies as JCM but will be developed over a longer time scale.[5]

Launch platforms

Operators

 United States: The JAGM was intended for joint service with the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Marine Corps by providing a single missile configuration for many platforms. JAGM offered the services increased operational flexibility and reduced logistics support costs.[3]

In February 2012, the Navy and Marine Corps terminated their investment in the program, saying it was a "manageable risk" to do so and that they would instead focus on the GBU-53/B SDB II and continued Hellfire procurement, making the JAGM an Army-only program. In March 2014, they re-entered the program, with documents showing integration of the missile onto Marine AH-1Z helicopters.[7]

Timeline

In June 2007 the US Defense Department released a draft request for proposals (RFP) launching a competition for the Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) program.[5] In 2008, Raytheon and Boeing teamed up on a $125 million contract,[8][9] and Lockheed Martin was awarded a $122 million technology development contract for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. The 27-month contract, awarded by the U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Command, with participation by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, is for a competitive risk-reduction phase.[10]

Each team submitted its proposal in the spring of 2011, with contract award expected in the first quarter of 2012. However, in September the Army and Navy requested the JAGM program be terminated.[11] JAGM survived the budget reduction plan in 2012, with reduced funding.[12] In 2012 Lockheed-Martin and Raytheon received contracts from the U.S. Army to extend the JAGM technology development program including the design, test, and demonstration phases for the JAGM guidance section.[13][14][15]

In 2013 the Army announced it would not award Raytheon a contract for the remainder of the Technology Development (TD) phase and will continue with Lockheed's contract.[16]

In 2015, the Army issued an RFP for a JAGM guidance section upgrade. Lockheed will offer its dual-mode laser and millimeter wave radar seeker, and Raytheon may submit its tri-mode seeker which adds imaging infrared if it chooses to compete.[17] Lockheed was awarded a $66 million engineering and manufacturing contract to combine its laser and millimeter wave seekers into the Hellfire Romeo missile body, while Raytheon chose not to compete but retains its tri-mode seeker should the Army request it.[18] The designation AGM-179 was assigned to the JAGM program.[19]

The Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract for JAGM was approved in 2018.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Lockheed Martin's JAGM missile approved for LRIP phase. Air Recognition. 28 June 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed/data/mfc/photo/tradeshows/ausa-winter-2014/briefings/mfc-2014-AUSA-Winter-JAGM-briefing.pdf
  3. 1 2 3 "ARMY RDT&E BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION (R2 Exhibit) - PDF" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "VIDEO: Raytheon/Boeing show JAGM direct hit". Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  5. 1 2 "Pentagon Plans Industry Day For Joint Air To Ground Missile". Defense Daily.
  6. ↑ .
  7. ↑ JAGM: Joint Air-Ground Missile Again - Defenseindustrydaily.com
  8. ↑ "Raytheon News Release Archive". Raytheon.mediaroom.com. 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  9. ↑ "Raytheon Company : Investor Relations : News Release". Investor.raytheon.com. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  10. ↑ Archived January 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ Sherman, Jason (11 October 2011). "Army, Navy Propose Terminating Joint Air-to-Ground Missile Program". Inside Defense. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  12. ↑ "US budget cuts-Flightglobal-Jan 26, 2012". Flightglobal.com. 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  13. ↑ Lockheed Martin Awarded $64 Million JAGM Contract For Extended Technology Development. Lockheed press release, Aug. 17, 2012
  14. ↑ Raytheon submits JAGM contact proposal. Flightglobal.com, October 23, 2012
  15. ↑ US Army awards JAGM continued technology development contract - Army-Technology.com, December 6, 2012
  16. ↑ US Army to move ahead with Lockheed Martin JAGM - Janes.com, 18 July 2013
  17. ↑ US army seeks upgrades for Hellfire missile guidance system - Flightglobal.com, 6 February 2015
  18. ↑ Raytheon sticking by tri-mode missile despite Lockheed JAGM win - Flightglobal.com, 4 August 2015
  19. ↑ http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/412015-L(addendum).html
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