JAGM: Air Ground Missile, Joint In Name Only

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Hellfire II: what’s next?
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The Joint Common Missile (JCM) was seen as the next-generation, multi-purpose, air-to-ground precision missile that will replace AGM-114 Hellfire family, AGM-65 Maverick family, and airborne *GM-71 TOW missiles with a single weapon usable by the airplanes, helicopters and UAVs of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. It was also being considered for use on some ground vehicles.

A 2005 program cancellation derailed that effort, but JCM has risen from the procurement grave – as the JAGM (Joint Air-Ground Missile) program, with contracts to 2 vendor teams. Yet the affordable – or joint – nature of the program remains again in doubt.

• The JAGM Missile
• The JCM/JAGM Program [updated]
• JAGM’s Competing Teams
• Contracts and Key Events [updated]
• Appendix A: The Road Less Taken – JCM’s Program History
• Appendix B: Additional Readings & Sources
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  Source: http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/joint-common-missile-program-fired-but-not-forgotten-0229/

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