Lockheed Martin to support JASSM-ER launch demonstrations from cargo aircraft

A high altitude airdrop of palletized munitions (JASSM simulants) from a C-17 using standard operational airdrop procedures c USAF

Source: US Air Force

The US Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $25 million contract to help with the service’s Palletized Munitions Experimentation Campaign, an effort to test the feasibility of launching cruise missiles from the back of cargo aircraft.

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