Missile · Air
AGM-179 JAGM
Air-to-ground guided missile combining laser and millimeter-wave radar guidance.
- Milestones2
- Operators—
- Components—
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- Capabilities—
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Timeline2
- Production startConfirmed
JAGM enters low-rate initial production
- Initial operating capabilityConfirmed
Marine Corps declares JAGM IOC on AH-1Z
The latest 10 milestones. Solid entries are confirmed, outlined reported, dashed estimated or still to come; dotted italic entries are speculative. Dates show only the precision the sources give.
Cost to the Government
Missiles · Lockheed Martin
AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM)
Army all-up-round estimates, annual procurement quantities and shared Hellfire production contracts.
Army all-up round / missile
$241,546
FY2027 request · Nominal USD; source budget basis
P-5, line 2605C70302: recurring all-up-round production. Excludes program support and other procurement cost elements; these are budget estimates.
U.S. Army ↗U.S. inventory
Not verified
A current U.S. inventory was not established. Annual procurement, cumulative deliveries and production capacity are not a stockpile count.
Army requested missiles
269
FY2027 · U.S. only; stated source scope
Discretionary procurement request; not deliveries or inventory.
U.S. Army ↗Annual RDT&E funding
$23.7M / yr
FY2025 · FY2025 budget book · Nominal USD; source budget basis
JAGM · Army and Navy combined. Annual research, development, test and evaluation funding in the March 2024 budget presentation; FY2024 and FY2025 are request figures. Not a lifetime R&D total or actual expenditure.
DoD Comptroller ↗Cost & funding breakdown
Army gross procurement request
$104.059M
FY2027 · Nominal USD; source budget basis
All program procurement elements; broader scope than the all-up-round unit figure.
U.S. Army ↗Price depends on the cost boundary
The all-up-round figure isolates recurring missile production. The FY2027 gross program average is $386,836 per requested missile after allocating the broader procurement line. Neither is a foreign-package price.
Operations & sustainment
Annual operations & support
Not verified
A complete, system-specific annual operating and support cost was not established. Procurement, replacement rounds and contract support are different measures.
Cost over time · 6 observations
Each row retains its original scope and dollar basis. Changing quantities, service life and inflation can change the estimate without changing the price of building one unit.
| Observation | Measure | Amount | Dollar basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 · PB2027 | Army all-up round / missile P-5, line 2605C70302: recurring all-up-round production. Excludes program support and other procurement cost elements; these are budget estimates. | $286,584 | Nominal USD; source budget basis | U.S. Army ↗ |
| FY2026 · PB2027 | Army all-up round / missile P-5, line 2605C70302: recurring all-up-round production. Excludes program support and other procurement cost elements; these are budget estimates. | $249,506 | Nominal USD; source budget basis | U.S. Army ↗ |
| FY2027 request | Army all-up round / missile P-5, line 2605C70302: recurring all-up-round production. Excludes program support and other procurement cost elements; these are budget estimates. | $241,546 | Nominal USD; source budget basis | U.S. Army ↗ |
| FY2023 · FY2025 budget book | Annual RDT&E funding JAGM · Army and Navy combined. Annual research, development, test and evaluation funding in the March 2024 budget presentation; FY2024 and FY2025 are request figures. Not a lifetime R&D total or actual expenditure. | $2.6M / yr | Nominal USD; source budget basis | DoD Comptroller ↗ |
| FY2024 · FY2025 budget book | Annual RDT&E funding JAGM · Army and Navy combined. Annual research, development, test and evaluation funding in the March 2024 budget presentation; FY2024 and FY2025 are request figures. Not a lifetime R&D total or actual expenditure. | $3.4M / yr | Nominal USD; source budget basis | DoD Comptroller ↗ |
| FY2025 · FY2025 budget book | Annual RDT&E funding JAGM · Army and Navy combined. Annual research, development, test and evaluation funding in the March 2024 budget presentation; FY2024 and FY2025 are request figures. Not a lifetime R&D total or actual expenditure. | $23.7M / yr | Nominal USD; source budget basis | DoD Comptroller ↗ |
Contracts & purchasing · 1 records
Award values, ceilings and purchase agreements have different meanings. These records are not added together as total spending.
2025-08-21 · Announced joint-program production award
U.S. Army, Navy and international customers → Lockheed Martin
$720M · quantity not established
Shared JAGM/Hellfire award. The source does not allocate value or quantities by missile or country; do not add this record across both profiles.
Lockheed Martin ↗
International buyers
No international purchase documented in this review.
Coverage & 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.
- Total acquisition costConfirmed$7.65BThen-year $ · 21,764 units
Army procurement only (P-40 'Total' column incl. to-complete: 21,764 missiles, $7,652.902M); excludes RDT&E and Navy/USMC JAGM buys. FY2027 budget books.
Source - Unit cost (per round)Confirmed$242KThen-year $ · 269 units
FY 2027 Army request, P-5 JAGM all-up-round unit cost $241.546K for 269 missiles (FY2025 $286.584K; FY2026 $249.506K).
Source
| Fiscal year | Appropriation | Request | Enacted | Qty | Budget line | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | RDT&E | $190M | — | — | — | SourceConfirmed |
| FY2027 | Procurement | $177M | — | 551 | — | SourceConfirmed |
| FY2027 | Total | $367M | — | 551 | — | SourceConfirmed |
| FY2026 | RDT&E | $59.1M | $59.1M | — | — | SourceConfirmed |
| FY2026 | Procurement | $159M | $159M | 455 | — | SourceConfirmed |
| FY2026 | Total | $218M | $218M | 455 | — | SourceConfirmed |
| FY2025 | RDT&E | — | $23.7M | — | — | SourceConfirmed |
| FY2025 | Procurement | — | $103M | 205 | — | SourceConfirmed |
| FY2025 | Total | — | $127M | 205 | — | SourceConfirmed |
Unit costs and contract unit prices for this system, and budget figures for the programs that buy it. Each figure states its dollar basis and links its source; contract values are under Programs & awards.