Two of the Pentagon's main developers and buyers of weapons, the U.S. Air Force and Navy, are mulling a closer alliance to pursue such endeavors and reduce costs in the long-run. The Air Force and Navy have a long, and often acrimonious, relationship when it comes to weapons programs. In recent memory, the Navy developed the Standoff Land-Attack Missile-Expended Response after pulling out of the Air Force Jassm cruise missile program-it has since rejoined. Not to be outdone, the Air Force ended its commitment to a version of the Joint Standoff Weapon, forcing the Navy to terminate the effort because it couldn't bear the costs alone.
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