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U.S. Air Force Continues Palletized Munition Development for JASSM-ER; New Munitions Possible

U.S. Air Force Continues Palletized Munition Development for JASSM-ER; New Munitions Possible
An airdropped Palletized Munition Deployment System carrying JASSM-ER simulants. The photo shows one of the JASSM-ER cruise missiles in the Deployment Box immediately after being airdropped from a C-17A.

Last month, the U.S. Air Force conducted its first system-level flight tests to demonstrate the ability of Lockheed Martin [LMT] Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) to drop palletized munitions from C-130s and Boeing [BA] C-17, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) said on Aug. 20. The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) office's Rapid Dragon program conducted the two tests at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., using C-17 and Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) EC-130SJ…

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