As reported in a respectable aircraft mag in Oz -
"US House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee is looking to axe JASSM program to claw back budget cutting funds. The fiscal yr 2005/06 funding for JASSM was meant to be US$150M and is actually US$2M!!!"
Program said to be suffering trials failures with the pop-out wings
not doing the pop-out biz and several live firings failing to track to the right target or simply running out of puff on the way!
The former fault is said to be simple manufacturing line issues, but
the latter sounds a tad serious.
It's currently in low rate initial production (LRIP) to be integrated
on B-52, B-2, B-1, F-16, F-15, F-18. USAF/USN procurements are to be
4900/453 missiles, however, program could be shagged.
Anyone have any news on this?
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