AFSOC Fires Two AGM-190A Havoc Spear Missiles at Africa Targets in Spring 2026 Combat Operations
The FAMM program is the real story. The Air Force wants 28,000 units over five years at an average cost of roughly $1.2M per system (mixing Havoc Spear at $600K with other FAMM contenders).
That's a $33.6B munitions line competing directly with legacy cruise-missile sustainment — and Leidos just proved Havoc Spear works, which gives them first-mover advantage in a procurement that will reshape SOF and conventional air-to-ground economics. If Havoc Spear captures 40% of the FAMM buy, that's 11,200 units and a $6.7B revenue stream for Leidos through 2031. The second-order effect: inventory depth.
AFSOC just opened a new class of affordable standoff weapons for SOF platforms, and the cost trajectory matters more than the Africa employment itself.
At $600K per round with a 28,000-unit Air Force FAMM procurement pipeline over five years, Havoc Spear is competing for a share of the munitions budget that historically went to $2M+ cruise missiles — which means every dollar spent on AGM-190A is a dollar not spent on Tomahawk or JASSM sustainment. The stated goal is to proliferate this across "every type of SOF platform as well as conventional platform possible," which signals SOCOM is trying to make precision standoff organic to every platform, not just shooters. Watch the FY28 SOCOM budget request (due February 2027) for the production ramp rate — if it's above 2,000 units annually, Leidos will need to expand the Tucson line, which has capacity constraints through 2029.
Did the spring 2026 strikes occur in Somalia, Niger, or Libya — and were they part of a named counterterrorism operation, or test-and-evaluate under combat conditions?
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