Direct proof of use
The public conflict-specific record for RAACM ERAM is procurement and prospective fielding, not a confirmed Ukrainian strike. On August 28, 2025, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced State Department approval of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine for up to 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition missiles, matching GPS/INS guidance modules, containers, pylons, support equipment, training, transportation support, and related program services.
DSCA said Ukraine would use funding from Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and U.S. Foreign Military Financing for the purchase, and named Zone 5 Technologies and CoAspire as principal contractors. Janes reported the same Ukraine ERAM FMS context and identified RAACM as CoAspire's ERAM variant, while distinguishing it from Zone 5 Technologies' Rusty Dagger.
Sources: DSCA Ukraine Air Delivered Munitions, Janes ERAM FMS Variants
Timeline
CoAspire's RAACM work preceded the Ukraine FMS notification. A Department of the Navy SBIR/STTR success profile said the U.S. Air Force awarded CoAspire an April 2023 Phase III contract to transition guided training round technology into RAACM and a subcomponent test vehicle, placing the missile inside a rapid, low-cost cruise-missile development path.
By summer 2025, CoAspire publicly described RAACM long-range flight activity and said the missile had flown in tests from an A-4 Skyhawk. The conflict-specific milestone followed on August 28, 2025, when DSCA notified Congress of the possible Ukraine ERAM sale. On January 21, 2026, the U.S. Air Force conducted an ERAM live-warhead test at Eglin, but that release did not identify whether the tested round was CoAspire's RAACM or another ERAM contractor design.
Sources: Navy SBIR CoAspire, CoAspire RAACM, DSCA Ukraine Air Delivered Munitions, Air Force ERAM Live-Fire Test
Operational context
RAACM's planned role for Ukraine is long-range air-delivered strike capacity. DSCA framed ERAM as a scalable system deliverable on a fast timeline and said the package would improve Ukraine's ability to meet current and future threats. CoAspire describes RAACM as an additively manufactured, turbojet-powered, winged cruise missile with a warhead and guidance package, compatible with aircraft able to carry precision-guided munitions.
The available sources support the narrower catalog claim that RAACM is part of an approved possible Ukraine ERAM procurement channel during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War. They do not establish delivery to a Ukrainian unit, operational integration on a Ukrainian aircraft, a first combat launch, target location, strike effect, or whether Ukraine will receive RAACM, Rusty Dagger, or a mix of ERAM contractor variants under final agreements.
Sources: DSCA Ukraine Air Delivered Munitions, CoAspire RAACM, Janes ERAM FMS Variants, Air Force ERAM Live-Fire Test
