{"id":259807,"date":"2026-04-08T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=259807"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:00:03","slug":"cheap-lethal-and-by-the-thousand-the-air-forces-new-cruise-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/cheap-lethal-and-by-the-thousand-the-air-forces-new-cruise-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheap, Lethal, and by the Thousand: The Air Force&#8217;s New Cruise Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4f8;border-left:4px solid #1e3a5f;padding:18px 22px;margin-bottom:28px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:15px;line-height:1.7\">\n<strong style=\"font-size:16px;display:block;margin-bottom:8px\">Quick Facts<\/strong>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px\">\n<tr><td style=\"padding:4px 12px 4px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Programme<\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">Standoff Attack Weapon (SoAW) \u2014 a new air-launched cruise missile designed for affordability and mass production<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:4px 12px 4px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Target Fielding<\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">2030\u20132033<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:4px 12px 4px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Industry Day<\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">June 17, 2026 \u2014 Eglin Air Force Base, Florida<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:4px 12px 4px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Managed By<\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Armament Directorate<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:4px 12px 4px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Why Now<\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">Operation Epic Fury has burned through JDAM, JASSM, and LRASM stockpiles at rates not seen since 2003 \u2014 the Air Force needs cheaper, mass-producible weapons<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:4px 12px 4px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Related Programmes<\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">ERAM (Extended Range Attack Munition), JASSM-ER, LRASM<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1498124652  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7d\/B-1B_air_refueling.jpg\/960px-B-1B_air_refueling.jpg\" alt=\"B-1B Lancer \u2014 one of the primary platforms that would carry the new Standoff Attack Weapon\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A B-1B Lancer takes fuel over the Atlantic \u2014 bombers like the B-1B have expended enormous quantities of standoff munitions during Epic Fury, driving the need for cheaper replacements. (U.S. Air Force \/ Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The Air Force has a munitions problem, and Operation Epic Fury made it impossible to ignore. Five weeks of sustained air operations over Iran have consumed precision-guided weapons \u2014 JDAMs, JASSMs, LRASMs \u2014 at a pace that has strained stockpiles built up over two decades. The weapons work brilliantly. There just are not enough of them, and they cost too much to replace quickly.<\/p>\n\n<p>Enter the Standoff Attack Weapon. On April 6, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center announced an industry day at Eglin Air Force Base on June 17, inviting defence contractors to pitch their ideas for a new, affordable, air-launched cruise missile that can be fielded by 2033. The message to industry is blunt: we need standoff range, we need precision, and we need it cheap enough to buy by the thousand.<\/p>\n\n<h2>The Affordability Imperative<\/h2>\n\n<p>The JASSM-ER \u2014 the workhorse standoff cruise missile of Epic Fury \u2014 costs roughly $1.4 million per round. It is a superb weapon: stealthy, long-ranged, and devastatingly accurate. But at that price, every missile fired is a budget line item that takes years to replenish. The Air Force fired more JASSMs in the first week of Epic Fury than it typically procures in a year.<\/p>\n\n<p>The SoAW is designed to fill a different niche. It does not need to replace the JASSM \u2014 it needs to supplement it. An affordable cruise missile that can strike fixed targets at standoff range with acceptable precision, produced in volumes that make attrition warfare sustainable. Think thousands, not hundreds.<\/p>\n\n<p>The concept is not new. The Air Force first explored SoAW in an August 2022 request for information, which floated a fielding timeline of 2030\u20132033. That effort quietly expired without a follow-up contract. But the lessons of Epic Fury \u2014 and the growing possibility of a future conflict in the Pacific that would demand even larger munition stockpiles \u2014 have revived the programme with new urgency.<\/p>\n\n<h2>What the Air Force Wants<\/h2>\n\n<p>The June industry day at Eglin will focus on defining the weapon&#8217;s &#8220;desired attributes&#8221; \u2014 a deliberately broad term that gives contractors room to propose creative solutions. Based on the 2022 RFI and the current operational context, analysts expect the Air Force to prioritise several key features: standoff range sufficient to keep launch aircraft outside the range of modern surface-to-air missiles, GPS\/INS guidance with possible terminal seekers, a warhead effective against fixed infrastructure targets, and \u2014 above all \u2014 a unit cost dramatically lower than the JASSM.<\/p>\n\n<p>Multiple companies are likely positioning for the competition. Lockheed Martin, which builds the JASSM, has obvious advantages in standoff weapon design. Raytheon&#8217;s experience with the Tomahawk and SM-6 gives it relevant cruise missile expertise. And newer entrants like Anduril and L3Harris have been pitching low-cost autonomous munitions that could fit the SoAW profile.<\/p>\n\n<h2>The Bigger Munitions Picture<\/h2>\n\n<p>SoAW is one piece of a broader rethink of how the Air Force arms itself. The Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) \u2014 a separate low-cost cruise missile programme \u2014 is also advancing rapidly, with flight tests completed in early 2026. Together, these programmes signal a fundamental shift: the era of exquisite, expensive, small-batch precision weapons is giving way to an era of affordable mass.<\/p>\n\n<p>The logic is simple. Against a peer adversary with thousands of targets \u2014 air defences, command nodes, logistics hubs, naval bases \u2014 the Air Force needs weapons it can afford to expend at scale. A $1.4 million missile is a precision scalpel. A $200,000 missile is an arsenal. Both have their place. But you cannot win a long war with scalpels alone.<\/p>\n\n<p>The contractors will gather at Eglin in June. The weapon they design will shape American air power for the next two decades.<\/p>\n\n<p><em>Sources: Air &#038; Space Forces Magazine, Aviation Week, Defence News, Inside Defense<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Facts Programme Standoff Attack Weapon (SoAW) \u2014 a new air-launched cruise missile designed for affordability and mass production Target Fielding 2030\u20132033 Industry Day June 17, 2026 \u2014 Eglin Air Force Base, Florida Managed By Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Armament Directorate Why Now Operation Epic Fury has burned through JDAM, JASSM, and 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