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Air Force

Lockheed Martin Awarded FMS Contract to Provide JASSM to Poland

Valerie Insinna

Monday, September 14th, 2015

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Lockheed Martin Awarded FMS Contract to Provide JASSM to Poland

A B-1 releasing a JASSM. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has landed its third international customer for the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM): Poland.The Air Force has awarded the company a foreign military sales contract to provide JASSM to the Polish Air Force for its F-16 fleet, Lockheed said on Monday. The FMS case—which includes hardware and software, documentation, program management and 40 missiles—has an estimated value of $500 million.Lockheed Martin will begin production and delivery of Poland’s first test missiles in 2016, Alan Jackson, the company’s…

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