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U.S. Navy ordnance handlers assemble JDAM-equipped bombs aboard USS Constellation in March 2003; JDAM is the guidance kit, not the complete bomb.

Program · United States · U.S. Air Force

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) · Production · U.S. Air Force

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ProductionU.S. Air Force
Contract obligations
$7.70B
Since FY2008 · 4 companies
Prime awards
479
Coded to this program
Contractors
4
Largest: Boeing

Cost to the Government

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Program totals · 4

Unit costs · 1

  • Procurement budget / tail kit · derivedDerived from the Air Force JDAM procurement line divided by requested tail kits. Includes procurement support, not a recurring hardware quote; bomb body and separate laser-sensor costs are not implied.
    Air Force
    FY2025 Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System DoD Comptroller · Mar 2024 · figure FY2025 request
    $83,533Nominal $ · source budget basis

Quantities · 2

  • Requested tail kitsSeparate from the Navy’s 1,460 requested kits; neither is a current inventory count.
    Air Force
    FY2025 Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System DoD Comptroller · Mar 2024 · figure FY2025
    1,500U.S. only; stated source scope
  • U.S. inventoryA current U.S. inventory was not established. Annual procurement, cumulative deliveries and production capacity are not a stockpile count.
    Source not recorded
    Not established

Operating costs · 1

  • Historical program-wide average annual O&STotal-quantity program average over an assumed 35-year life. Not annual spending in 2026 or a per-kit operating cost.
    JDAM December 2017 Selected Acquisition Report U.S. Air Force / DoD · figure December 2017 SAR
    $20.358M / yrConstant 1995 $ · historical estimate
Earlier observations · 3

Superseded estimates and prices, each in its original scope and dollar basis.

1Derived from the Air Force JDAM procurement line divided by requested tail kits. Includes procurement support, not a recurring hardware quote; bomb body and separate laser-sensor costs are not implied.

A guidance kit is not a complete bomb

JDAM adds guidance to existing bomb bodies. The SAR counts tail kits separately from laser sensors, and the service budget lines include procurement support. Cost comparisons must retain those boundaries.

JDAM December 2017 Selected Acquisition Report U.S. Air Force / DoD · +1 more
Contracts & purchasing · 1

Ceilings, options and purchase agreements are not spending and are never added together. Obligations are under Contracts.

Contracts and purchasing
Buyer → sellerStatusValueQtySource
Norway → BoeingHistorical contract confirmation; the release does not establish a current inventory or usable value/quantity pair.Purchase agreement announcedValue not verified—Norway signs JDAM contract, February 20, 2006 Boeing · figure Feb 20, 2006
International buyers · 1
International buyers
CountryQtyStatusSource
NorwayConfirmed customer relationship, not a claim about current orders or stockpiles.Not verifiedHistorical purchase agreementNorway signs JDAM contract, February 20, 2006 Boeing · figure Feb 20, 2006

Open research: Current U.S. inventory and complete annual operating-and-support costs require additional public evidence. Buyer records are selected examples, not a complete global order book.

What the government budgets and pays for this program, from budget justification books, appropriations, acquisition reports and contract announcements. Each figure states its dollar basis. What contractors were obligated is under Contracts.

Contracts$7.70B obligated since FY2008

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Contractors4

  1. Boeing$7.69B 100%
  2. RTX$4.0M 0.1%
  3. Northrop Grumman$1.6M 0.0%
  4. General Dynamics$1.5M 0.0%

Awards50

Obligations are signed USAspending prime-contract actions coded to this program, FY2008 to date, credited to the company that received each action. Obligations are money committed, not company revenue.

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