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Pentagon unveils long-term acquisition strategy to accelerate production of low-cost cruise missiles
The Pentagon announced framework agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, and Zone 5 to accelerate production of low-cost, air-launched cruise missiles under the Family of Affordable Mass Missiles (FAMM) program, reshaping defence acquisition and expanding the industrial base.
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The Wire takeaway
If you build missiles, guidance systems, engines, or airframes, the Pentagon just committed to multi-year production contracts for a new family—and explicitly widened the buyer list to include non-traditional primes like Anduril. Call your defence sales team this week; this is the RFQ pipeline opening.
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Topics: Defense Tech · cruise-missiles · defense-acquisition · production-scale · famm-program · industrial-base