Joint Air-to-ground Missile (JAGM)

Abstract

The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) is an air-launched missile system that utilizes dual-mode seeker technology thus providing advanced line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight capabilities, including precision point and fire-and-forget seeker targeting and increased lethality against soft, hardened, moving, stationary, land, maritime threats. JAGM provides robust capability in adverse weather, day or night and in obscured/countermeasure environments. The JAGM Increment 1 system replaces aviation-launched, tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW), and Helicopter Launched Fire-&-Forget Missile (HELLFIRE) Systems. JAGM is an Army-led joint program that addresses rotary wing, fixed wing, and unmanned aerial vehicle requirements. Funding includes support of platform integration activities of the AH-1Z, the Department of Navy threshold platform for the JAGM integration. The JAGM system includes missiles, trainers, containers, support equipment and software modifications to the M-299 launcher. Future JAGM follow on efforts could include extending the weapon's range, developing a fixed wing variant, and developing potential follow on increments. The JAGM program is part of the Navy's Integrated Fire Control (IFC) approach to address advanced threat capabilities in the Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2AD) environment. IFC solutions enable individual system capabilities to be leveraged across an effects chain, placing the full spectrum of tactical capability in the hands of the warfighter. IFC solutions that push engagement distances beyond the launch platform's radar horizon and allow the United States Navy to operate in, and control, contested battle space in littoral waters and A2/AD environments are increasingly critical as more and more scenarios require compressed and coordinated fire control timelines. Long Range Attack Missile (LRAM) - Development of new network-enabled, long-range precision strike weapon capable of deterring and destroying maritime and land-based employment at ranges of 150 nautical miles (NM). LRAM builds off of the subsystem maturation, integration, and demonstration efforts of the LRAM Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD). LRAM will be employed from a low-altitude rotary wing platform or vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) cooperative shooter (currently AH-1Z with potential to employment from H-60, MQ-9, and VTOL FoS aircraft) to provide asymmetric advantages in range, stand-off and lethality. LRAM is designed with a Weapons Open System Architecture (WOSA) to form fit multiple types of payloads based on mission (kinetic or sensory), using common rail mounting systems and launchers to simplify logistics requirements. LRAM aircraft integration will be via the Marine Air-Ground Tablet (MAGTAB) which will reduce the cost of traditional high-cost aircraft integration efforts. JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACTIVITY: This program is funded under system development and demonstration because it includes those projects that have passed Milestone B approval and are conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirement prior to full-rate production decision.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2025
• Source ID: 0605450M_5_1319_PB_2025
• Change Summary Explanation: PU 1110 - FY 2025 Program adjustment provided $20.261M of funding for LRAM efforts - Program Accomplishments and schedule were created to support the LRAM effort PU 2211 - Changes in schedule milestone dates were required to address technical issues with the AH-1Z platform software - FRP 2 contract award moved from 3Q FY 2023 to 4Q FY 2023 - FRP 3 contract award moved from 4Q FY2024 to 2Q FY2024 - LRIP V and FRP delivery periods revised to reflect updated FRP contract award dates
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

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Readers

• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Space