Randy Bigum Quotations

JASSM will provide the Royal Australian Air Force with a system that dramatically improves the pilot's ability to strike both land and maritime targets from long range. This is important because it keeps Australian aircraft and aircrews safely out of range of air defense systems, while allowing them to successfully engage and destroy a wide range of critical targets, including highly defended point targets.

We are very pleased with the continued flight test successes that validate the efforts of the Air Force and Lockheed Martin to improve quality and reliability, as we committed to Congress.

Performing the final assembly in Troy is the lowest risk and most cost- effective and efficient method of responding to the Australian requirement, while still serving the domestic JASSM order strategy.

This data link brings the war-fighter a great deal of flexibility after the missile is launched.