“We’ve got the small cruise missile, which has been named by the U.S. Air Force as AGM-190A, or recently renamed Havoc Spear by the customer,” Bell said. “That program also is undergoing flight tests and actual deployment in exercises and in combat.”
Bell made the comments during Leidos’ second-quarter 2026 earnings call, where he outlined the company’s expanding defense-technology portfolio. He described munitions as an additional growth area alongside the space and maritime businesses previously identified under the company’s strategy.
Bell did not provide details on where or when Havoc Spear had been deployed in combat. He also did not disclose production volumes, contract values or a timetable for any expansion of the program.
The company is nevertheless discussing a broader scale-up with key U.S. military customers. Bell said those talks involve both SOCOM and the U.S. Air Force and could extend beyond the current missile configuration.
“We’re very pleased that our small cruise missile has found great customer receptivity and the scaling in both the SOCOM and the U.S. Air Force is a conversation that is ongoing, in addition to scaling it to a family of systems,” Bell said.
That family-of-systems approach is also tied to Leidos’ Low-Cost Containerized Munitions program. Bell said development of the small cruise missile family helped position the company for the LCCM framework announced earlier this year.
“Part of that family of systems is what allowed us to have our LCCM framework that we announced earlier this year,” Bell said. He said the program was progressing toward scaled production, with a production-readiness and scaling review scheduled for later in August.
Bell said Leidos expects full LCCM flight testing next summer, followed by full-rate production. The company is targeting 3,000 units before the end of the decade.
Leidos sees a larger commercial opportunity across its emerging munitions portfolio. Bell put the addressable market for low-cost and containerized munitions at more than $44 billion over the next 10 years.
The company is positioning IFPC, Havoc Spear and LCCM as part of a broader expansion of its defense-tech business. Bell said Leidos expects that business to generate sustained growth as programs move through testing, fielding and production.
