Turkey's Rocketsan signs partnership deal with Lockheed for Cruise missile development for F-35

The SOM System is as an autonomous, long range, low observable, all weather, high precision air-to-surface cruise missile. The SOM-J variant is designed specifically for internal carriage on F-35 aircraft.
The companies will jointly develop, produce, market, sell and support SOM-J for internal carriage on F-35 aircraft or external carriage on other aircraft.
Rick Edwards, executive vice president of the Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control business area; and Roketsan chairman, Eyüp Kaptan, signed the agreement.
“Lockheed Martin has a long history of partnership with the Republic of Turkey and we look forward to working closely with Roketsan on this very important project,” Edwards said. “SOM -J will provide the F-35 and other aircraft an exceptional capability to meet the most challenging mission requirements. We look forward to combining the skills and know-how of our two great companies to produce a world-class system to meet customers‘ expanding needs for long range, survivable cruise missile technology.”
Kaptan said, “As Roketsan, we believe this teaming will increase the attention on SOM-J
and present an superior solution to fulfil the requirements of Anti Surface Warfare capabilities on the F-35 aircraft. Together with Lockheed Martin, we value our cooperation and extend the business opportunities in the future between our companies”