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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 ...
AIM-9Q (USN): The AIM-9Q is an AIM-9M modified with upgraded guidance-control section, further information on the missile is unknown and it was either cancelled or became an AIM-9M sub-variant. [ 4 ] CATM-9M (USAF/USN) : A training AIM-9M Used for pilot training in aerial target acquisition and use of aircraft controls/displays.
The AIM-9C was a semi-active radar homing variant of the Sidewinder, developed for the US Navy's Vought F-8 Crusader, but used for only a limited period of time. Conceived and developed at China Lake NAWS, the Sidearm was first tested in 1981. In 1984, Motorola was issued a contract to convert and upgrade AIM-9Cs to the AGM-122A standard.
IFPC Inc 2-I launch of an AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile IFPC Longbow vs MQM-170 Outlaw 25 March 2016 Tamir Firing from IFPC Inc 2-I Multi Mission Launcher. The Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) is an open-systems architecture multi-role missile launching system created by the United States Army's Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center.
AIM-120C AMRAAM United States: Air-to-air missiles: 105: Ordered with the F-35A. [71] AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM United States: Air-to-air missiles — (969 planned) In July 2023, the US State Department approved the sale of AIM-120C8 for €2.61 billion. It includes: 969 AIM-120C-8 + 12 guidance sections + Captive Air Training Missiles + support ...
On 24 November 2015 a Turkish Air Force F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24M strike aircraft with an AIM-120 missile over northern Syria after it allegedly crossed into Turkish airspace. [ 20 ] On 1 March 2020, Turkish Air Force F-16s downed two Su-24s belonging to the Syrian Air Force using two AIM-120C-7s.
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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]