Hoehn said a better approach might be to send Ukraine more Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs—particularly the AIM-120D variant—to down Russian planes before they can drop ...

AMRAAM will also switch from active radar homing to home on jamming by an enemy aircraft. AIM-120D and D3 missiles have a maximum range of 180 kilometers. The 162 kg missile has a 20 kg explosive ...

Raytheon’s under-development AIM-120D3 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) variant may become part of a high/low combination of payloads carried by U.S. fighters together with the ...

The AIM-120 C-8 is the export version of the AIM-120D and closely resembles this missile. (RTX Corporation) The US Department of State has made a determination approving a possible sale of AIM ...

as well as to re-host legacy software in the AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 variants of AMRAAM. The contract, the sixth production lot of the highly advanced missiles developed under the F3R program ...

In addition to flight range and anti-jamming improvements developed for the latest AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM variant, Norman says CCA integration is part of Raytheon’s effort to “future proof” the ...

The Pentagon has inked a contract with munitions supplier Raytheon representing the largest-ever buy of the company’s AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). Valued at some $1 ...

U.S. forces mount the latest and most capable version of the AMRAAM, the AIM-120D, while other nations use the shorter-range AIM-120C. Last November, Sweden signed a deal to buy up to $605 million ...

Picture of an AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM missile. Credit: RTX via Airforce Technology. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has granted a $1.1bn multinational deal on 11 September 2024, for Raytheon, an RTX ...