August 28/17: Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $547.9 million US Army contract for the production and delivery of Hellfire II air-to-ground attack missiles.

Who uses Hellfire missile?

HELLFIRE II is a precision strike, Semi-Active Laser (SAL)-guided missile and is the principal air-to-ground weapon for the Army AH-64 Apache, OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), Special Operations aircraft, Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra, and Air Force Predator and Reaper UAS.

What replaced the Hellfire missile?

The JAGM is to replace the legacy Lockheed Martin-made Hellfire missile used across the services. A report from the Pentagon's chief weapons tester released last month called out the less-than-lethal results during maritime testing of the new missile, which is also made by Lockheed.