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Low Cost Autonomous Attack System

🇺🇸 United States ·first flight unknown· military aircraft

what is it?

The Low Cost Autonomous Attack System (LOCAAS) was a loitering attack munition developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). In 1998 the USAF and U.S. Army Lockheed Martin began to examine the feasibility of a small, affordable cruise missile weapon for use against armoured and unarmoured vehicles, materiel and personnel, and if so develop a demonstration program. The program cost approximately $150,000,000; the cost per unit was calculated to be $30,000 based on a production of 12,000 units before cancellation.

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military aircraft
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🇺🇸 United States
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Lockheed Martin
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q933935, Wikipedia: Low Cost Autonomous Attack System (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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