The post describes the USAF’s Family of Affordable Mass Missiles (FAMM) effort to procure ~28,000 lower-cost air-launched cruise missiles in multiple configurations, including lugged hardpoint-launched (FAMM-L) and palletized cargo-aircraft launch (FAMM-P), plus extended-range variants (FAMM-BAR). Named candidate munitions include Anduril’s Barracuda-500M and Zone 5’s AGM-188A Rusty Dagger, indicating a push toward scalable, modular, mass-produced cruise-missile capacity and new launch concepts (palletized employment) relevant to high-tempo conflict.
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missileside: natofirst seen 2024-09-01
USAF FAMM program to field mass low-cost air-launched cruise missiles incl. pallet launch
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- The War Zone · https://www.twz.com/air/usaf-plans-to-buy-28000-low-cost-cruise-missiles-in-five-years-advance-with-new-dealsUSAF Plans To Buy 28,000 Low-Cost Cruise Missiles In Five Years Advance With New Deals