AGM-169 Joint Common Missile

The AGM-169 Joint Common Missile was a tactical air-to-surface missile program that ran from 2002 to 2007, developed by Lockheed Martin for United States military aircraft such as attack and utility helicopters, strike fighters and fighter-bombers. It was meant to replace the AGM-114 Hellfire and the AGM-65 Maverick, with a seeker combining semi-active laser, millimeter wave and infrared guidance, longer range, a more potent warhead and a safing system that lets naval aircraft return to ship without jettisoning the munition. Originally called the Common Modular Missile, it was declared won by Lockheed Martin in May 2004 and given the designation AGM-169 that December. Development was halted in December 2004 as funding was cut under the constraints of the war in Iraq, a captive test package was flown on the AH-64D in 2005, and in May 2007 the U.S. Army formally closed the program, with the Joint Air to Ground Missile expected to follow.