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Raytheon has secured a $3.5 billion contract for AIM-120 missiles, enhancing air defense capabilities for Ukraine and other ...
Egypt is set to receive AIM-120s as part of the NASAMS air defense system, but this could open the door for its F-16s, which ...
The AIM-120 has proven so successful, and is so ubiquitous globally, that rival nations such as China and Russia have developed their own BVR missiles.
Moreover, the AIM-120 AMRAAM can also be fired from ground defense launchers. Work on the contract will be performed at Raytheon facilities in Tucson, Ariz., according to the Pentagon.
A key upgrade for the Raytheon AIM-120D Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (Amraam) has cleared a functional configuration audit, showing that testing has validated an upgrade to its ...
The West has not easily been able to do that until now. The AIM-120, the standard long-range missile for U.S. aircraft, has a maximum range of about 150 km (93 miles), which ...
The AIM-120 is an advanced medium-range air-to-air missile and America's premiere air-to-air weapon in the fleet. The latest model, the D-model, can fly Mach 4 with a range of about 180 kilometers ...
A successful first launch of an inert AIM-120 AMRAAM from an F-22 test aircraft on Tuesday completed another milestone mandated by Congress before money can be released for initial production of ...
The Defense News op-ed makes the point that, without an ability to acquire U.S.-built and exported AIM-120Cs, Saudi Arabia is quite likely to acquire weapons from Russia or China to counter and ...