Article Posted on : - Apr 15, 2011

ORLANDO, FLORIDA, (BNS): Lockheed Martin has said it will respond to the government’s Request for Proposal (RFP) for the next phases for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM).

A statement issued by the company said, the US Army Aviation and Missile Command issued the RFP for Engineering and Manufacturing (EMD) and Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) on JAGM on Wednesday.

The scope of the JAGM EMD contract will be to “complete all major component and subsystem critical design reviews (CDRs), a system-level CDR, component and sub-system testing, design verification testing, engineering development tests and production prove-out tests on the six threshold JAGM platforms.”

In addition to the EMD requirements, the RFP calls for three fixed-price LRIP options, as well as two fixed-priced advanced procurement items for “long-lead” components that drive the hardware delivery schedule, it said.