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The AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) under development by Lockheed Martin. [3] Designed to address advanced threats, the missile is expected to replace or supplement the AIM-120 AMRAAM currently in US service.
The AIM-174B is a long-range air-to-air missile (AAM) developed by U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and used by the United States Navy (USN). The AIM-174B is a derivative of the RIM-174B Standard Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM, Standard Missile-6, or SM-6) surface-to-air missile, a member of the extended Standard Missile family, with the USN describing the AIM-174B as the "Air-Launched ...
The AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (AGM-158 JASSM) is a low detection standoff air-launched cruise missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the United States Armed Forces. [7] It is a large, stealthy long-range weapon with a 1,000-pound (450 kg) armor piercing warhead.
The AIM-152 Advanced Air-to-Air Missile (AAAM) [1] was a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the United States. The AIM-152 was intended to serve as the successor to the AIM-54 Phoenix . The program went through a protracted development stage but was never adopted by the United States Navy , due to the ending of the Cold War and the ...
The secretive Lockheed Martin AIM-260, a separate U.S. Air Force program to develop an extremely long-range air-to-air missile small enough for stealth aircraft to carry internally, has been in ...
In November of 2016, China successfully test fired a very long range air-to-air missile, believed to be either the PL-21 or the PL-17. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The PL-21 is estimated to have a range of over 300 kilometers and powered by a ramjet engine.
Primary function: long-range, air-launched, air-intercept missile; Contractor: Hughes Aircraft Company and Raytheon Corporation; Unit cost: about $477,000, but this varied greatly; Power plant: solid propellant rocket motor built by Hercules Incorporated; Length: 13 ft (4.0 m) Weight: 1,000–1,040 pounds (450–470 kg) Diameter: 15 in (380 mm)
To replace the ALCM, the USAF planned to award a contract for the development of the new Long-Range Stand-Off weapon in 2015. [6] Unlike the AGM-86, the LRSO will be carried on multiple aircraft. The LRSO program is to develop a weapon that can penetrate and survive integrated air defense systems and prosecute strategic targets.