WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s Hellfire missile replacement — the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile — has been cleared for low-rate initial production, Lockheed Martin announced June 27.

The Lockheed Martin-developed JAGM is ultimately slated to replace the Hellfire missile — also a Lockheed product — on all platforms that fire them. It features a new dual-mode seeker and … (read more)