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The AIM-120 [a] Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) (/ æ m r æ m / AM-ram) is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile capable of all-weather day-and-night operations. It uses active transmit-receive radar guidance instead of semi-active receive-only radar guidance.
Model Origin Role Notes AIM-7 Sparrow: United States: Medium-range air-to-air missile: In limited use AIM-9 Sidewinder: United States: Short-range air-to-air missile: AIM-120 AMRAAM
A USAF F-22 fires an AIM-120 AMRAAM Ramjet powered Meteor for Saab 39 Gripen, Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets. An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles).
The AIM-120, the standard long-range missile for U.S. aircraft, has a maximum range of about 150 km (93 miles), which ... The secretive Lockheed Martin AIM-260, a separate U.S. Air Force program ...
The AIM-260 production is expected to overtake AIM-120 production by 2026. [8] [10] Development of the missile has been highly classified; it is a Special Access Program. [6] In FY 2020, the U.S. Air Force appropriated $6.5m for the construction of a custom storage vault at Hill AFB specifically for the JATM, citing the classified nature of the ...
Swedish Air Force JA37 Viggen with a pair of semi-active radar homing underwing Skyflash missiles. First successful test of AIM-120 AMRAAM at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 1982. Early air-to-air missiles used semi-active radar homing guidance, that is the missile used the radiation produced by the launching aircraft to guide it to ...
The SLAMRAAM (Surface Launched AMRAAM) was the United States Army program to develop a Humvee-based surface-to-air missile launcher for the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile, manufactured by Raytheon Technologies and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. Surface-launched AMRAAM missile was first used in Kongsberg's NASAMS air defense system, fielded in 1995.
Air-to-air missiles MICA: France Short/medium range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile MICA IR MICA EM R-77: Russia Beyond visual range, active radar homing air-to-air missile AIM-7 Sparrow: United States Medium-range, semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile F/P/M AIM-9 Sidewinder: United States Short-range air-to-air missile M/L/P R.550 ...