This Project has been a Project of Concern since November 2010.

Cost Performance

The project remains within its current approved budget. A Submission to hand back $50m from funding allocated to the moving target capability was noted by Government in May 11. The remaining project scope will be delivered within the decreased project budget.

Schedule Performance

The project is meeting approved schedule. The Submission advising current project status and revised Initial Operational Capability (IOC), Initial Material Release (IMR), Final Material Release (FMR) and Final Operational Capability (FOC) dates was noted by Government in May 11.

Materiel Capability Performance

The live fire of a JASSM from an Australian F/A-18 A/B Hornet aircraft was completed successfully on 3 December 2010. The United States Navy (USN) provided formal aircraft Operational Flight Program (OFP) certification on 28 February 2011. Delivery to Australia of missiles required for Initial Operational Capability is now complete. A Submission advising the removal of the maritime strike (moving target) capability from project scope on the basis of technical feasibility and associated cost and schedule was noted by Government in May 11. Completion of a successful end-to-end testing of JASSM remains the key risk. However as at 30 June 2011 plans for Operational Test and Evaluation firings at Woomera in July 2011 were well advanced.