미 공군, JASSM과 LRASM 구매 확대; 향후 수년간 최대 1만 1천발 도입

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미공군이 향후 5 ~ 7년에 걸쳐 JASSM과 LRASM을 최대 1만 1,200발 구매할 계획이네요. 

이란 공습에는 39일간 JASSM 1,100발 이상을 쐈다고 합니다. 

미 공군 B-52H 스트래토포트리스가 JASSM 순항미사일을 탑재한 채 2026년 4월 2일 영국 RAF 페어퍼드에서 이륙하고 있다. 사진: 리 해서웨이.

공군, JASSM과 LRASM 구매 계획 확대: 향후 수년간 최대 1만1,000발

2026년 7월 14일

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미 공군은 향후 5~7년에 걸쳐 합동공대지장거리미사일(JASSM)과 그 대함형을 최대 1만1,200발 구매할 계획이다. 이는 핵심적인 장거리 순항미사일의 생산량을 대폭 늘리는 것이다.

미 공군 수명주기관리센터 무장국은 7월 10일 계약 조치 공고에서 새로운 총수량을 발표했다. 이 계획은 JASSM과 그 파생형인 장거리대함미사일(LRASM)의 향후 7개 생산분에 대한 다년 조달을 포함하며, 두 미사일의 각 생산분 조합당 평균 최대 1,600발에 해당한다.

비교하면, 공군이 2023년에 수립한 이전 다년 조달계약 계획은 각각 5개 생산분을 대상으로 했으며, 두 미사일의 생산분 조합당 680~1,050발을 구매하는 내용이었다. 공군은 2027 회계연도 예산 요구안에서 JASSM 821발과 LRASM 156발을 합쳐 총 977발을 구매하고 싶다고 밝혔다.

두 미사일 모두 록히드마틴이 생산한다.

JASSM은 공군과 해군이 강력하게 방어된 표적이나 고가치 표적을 원거리에서 공격하는 데 사용하는 순항미사일로, 항공기가 보다 안전한 거리에서 발사할 수 있게 해준다. LRASM은 JASSM에서 파생된 대함미사일이다.

미군은 에픽 퓨리 작전 중 이란을 공격하는 데 JASSM을 대량으로 사용했다. 전략국제문제연구소가 5월에 발표한 보고서는 미 국방부가 39일간의 공습에서 JASSM을 1,100발 이상 사용한 것으로 추산했다.

당국자들은 이번 분쟁과 우크라이나에 제공한 지원으로 감소한 탄약 비축량을 다시 채우고, 수년간 무기 조달 예산이 일관되지 못했던 상황을 넘어 무기고를 더욱 확대하기를 원하고 있다.

이를 위해 미 국방부는 무기 생산을 극대화하기 위해 다년 조달계약을 점점 더 많이 활용하고 있다. 2024년 공군은 2032년 7월 말까지 JASSM과 LRASM을 생산하는 32억 달러 규모의 계약을 록히드마틴에 체결했다. 국방 당국자들은 다년 계약이 정부가 가격을 확정하는 데 도움이 되며, 업체들에게는 매년 어느 정도의 수요가 발생할지를 보다 명확하게 보여줌으로써 자재와 시설 등에 보다 전략적으로 투자할 수 있게 해준다고 설명한다.

새롭게 확대된 생산분의 인도는 계약 체결 후 약 27개월 뒤 시작될 것으로 예상된다.

올해 초 공개된 미 국방부 예산 문서에 따르면, 공군은 2027 회계연도부터 2031 회계연도 사이에 JASSM 약 4,000발과 LRASM 716발을 구매할 계획이었다.

생산 확대는 JASSM 27~33차 생산분과 LRASM 13~19차 생산분을 대상으로 한다. 공고에는 이번 구매에 얼마의 비용이 들 것으로 예상되는지, 또는 두 미사일 종류 사이에 구매량이 어떻게 배분될지는 명시되어 있지 않다.

록히드마틴 대변인은 작전보안 우려를 이유로 계약에 포함될 각 미사일의 잠재적 수량에 대해 언급을 거부했으며, 다른 문의는 공군에 넘겼다. 공군의 입장은 즉시 확인되지 않았다.

공군은 또한 미사일 컨테이너, 미사일과 항공기 사이의 인터페이스, 임무계획 소프트웨어, 미사일 정비 소프트웨어 모듈을 구매할 계획이며, 계약에는 공장 정비와 군수지원 작업도 포함된다.

Air Force Boosts Buy Plans for JASSM and LRASM

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress loaded with JASSM cruise missiles takes off from RAF Fairford, U.K., April 2, 2026. Photo by Lee Hathaway.

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Air Force Boosts Buy Plans for JASSM and LRASM: Up to 11,000 in Coming Years

July 14, 2026 | By Stephen Losey

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The Air Force plans to buy up to 11,200 copies of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile and its anti-ship variant over the next five to seven years, a dramatic increase in production for the critical long-range cruise missiles

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s armament directorate announced the new total in a July 10 notice of contract action. The plans cover multiyear procurement for the next seven lots of JASSM and its cousin, the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile—an average of up to 1,600 missiles for each pair of lots.

By comparison, the service’s 2023 plan for its last multiyear procurement contract—covering five lots each—called for anywhere between 680 to 1,050 JASSMs and LRASMs per pair of lots. In its fiscal 2027 budget request, the Air Force said it wants to buy 977 of the missiles: 821 JASSMs and 156 LRASMs.

Lockheed Martin manufactures both missiles.

The JASSM is a cruise missile the Air Force and Navy use to strike heavily defended or high-value targets at standoff range, allowing them to be launched from aircraft from safer distances. The LRASM is an anti-ship missile derived from JASSM.

U.S. forces used JASSMs extensively to strike Iran during Operation Epic Fury. A May report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated that the Pentagon expended more than 1,100 JASSMs in 39 days of airstrikes.

Officials are eager to rebuild munitions stockpiles depleted by the conflict and from support sent to Ukraine—and go further in building up arsenals after years of inconsistent funding for weapons

To that end, the Pentagon is increasingly using multiyear procurement contracts to maximize weapons production. In 2024, the Air Force awarded Lockheed a $3.2 billion deal to build JASSMs and LRASMs through the end of July 2032. Defense officials say multiyear contracts help the government lock in prices and help vendors by providing a clearer picture of what their year-to-year demand signal will be, which allows them to make more strategic investments in things like supplies and facilities.

Deliveries on the new, expanded lots are expected to start about 27 months after the contract is awarded.

Pentagon budget documents released earlier this year indicated the Air Force had been planning to buy about 4,000 JASSMs and 716 LRASMs between fiscal 2027 and 2031.

The production increase will cover JASSM Lots 27 to 33, and LRASM Lots 13 to 19. The notice does not say how much the purchase is expected to cost, or how the purchase will be divided between the two types of missiles.

A Lockheed Martin spokesperson declined to comment on potential quantities of each missile under the deal, citing operational security concerns, and deferred other queries to the Air Force. An Air Force statement was not immediately available.

The Air Force also plans to buy missile containers, missile-to-aircraft interfaces, mission planning software, and missile maintenance software modules, and the contract will also cover factory maintenance and sustainment efforts.

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