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Though not part of the original requirement, the AIM-9X demonstrated potential for lock-on after launch capability, allowing for possible internal use for the F-35 Lightning II, F-22 Raptor and even in a submarine-launched configuration for use against ASW platforms. [30] The AIM-9X has been tested for a surface attack capability, with mixed ...
A more recent version of the SLAMRAAM program is the NASAMS High Mobility Launcher made in cooperation with Kongsberg, where the launch-vehicle is a Humvee (M1152A1 HMMWV), containing four AMRAAMs and two AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II each. [7] First HML launchers were delivered to the Norwegian Army in 2013. [8]
The balloon was shot down over U.S. territorial waters off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, by an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile fired from a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor that had departed from Langley Air Force Base; the downing occurred at 2:39 p.m. eastern time.
Raytheon (RTX) set to offer software development, software risk reduction, existing software support, software improvements and production integration planning for the AIM-9X missiles.
However, the ASRAAM’s larger 6.5” diameter motor and low-drag design gave it a range and speed advantage compared to the first-generation AIM-9X with its 5” diameter thrust-vectoring rocket ...
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In 1995, Hughes and British Aerospace collaborated on the "P3I ASRAAM", a version of ASRAAM as a candidate for the AIM-9X program. [citation needed] The ultimate winner was the Hughes submission using the same seeker but with the rocket motor, fuse and warhead of the AIM-9M. The latter was a US Air Force stipulation to ease the logistics burden ...
An American pilot struck the object with an AIM 9x missile. The airborne object previously described as a “small, metallic balloon with a tethered payload” was spotted amid three other cases ...