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The contract also includes telemetry systems and engineering support products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AMRAAM is a flexible, powerful and lightweight missile that can be equipped by a wide breadth of warplanes for air-to-air combat strikes. It can also be used as a ground-launch weapon for air defense. It excels at a wide variety of altitudes and can easily intercept elusive targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AMRAAM missiles will be supplied \u2014 not only to the U.S. Air Force and Navy \u2014 but also sold to an array of global allies in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. NATO nations buying the AMRAAMs include: the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Hungary, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and Finland. Ukraine is also set to purchase AMRAAMs, as will Switzerland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Indo-Pacific region, allies Australia, Japan and Taiwan will also be equipped with AMRAAMs, in addition to Israel and Kuwait in the Middle East. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another notable missile contract, Lockheed will receive $4.3 billion to produce the Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile, or JASSM, and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile, LRASM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both of these munitions types will be used by the U.S. Air Force and Navy and sent to international allies, including Poland, the Netherlands and Finland \u2014 all NATO nations \u2014 as well as Japan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JASSM is a long-range cruise missile that can travel over 500 nautical miles, has a GPS system resistant to jamming and a warhead that delivers about 1,000 pounds of penetrating blast power with pinpoint accuracy. 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