Lockheed Martin unveiled its brand-new AGM-158 eXtreme Range (XR) cruise missile during the Air and Space Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor in the United States (US).  

Stemming from the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER) and the AGM-158 Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), the AGM-158 XR offers “significantly increased standoff attack range”. 

Unveiling the new missile on September 16, 2024, Lockheed Martin said that the XR amounts to a “low-risk solution at a fraction of the cost of a new start program”. 

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