Demonstration showcases AIM-9X joint-service venture

Integration of the joint Navy and Air Force AIM-9X Sidewinder Air Intercept Missile with the Army’s Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) hit the mark as the teams completed a successful live-fire engineering demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, March 28-April 1. During the Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) conceptual demonstration, missiles were launched from the … Dowiedz się więcej

NAVAIR: Air-to-Air Missile Program supports Army test of AIM-9X, demonstrates integrated warfighter capability

In establishing a partnership with the U.S. Army, the Air-to-Air Missiles Program office, PMA-259 is supporting an unorthodox, yet successful way to launch an air-to-air missile from the ground. PMA-259’s test team arrived in China Lake, California last week to support an Army launch demonstration where an AIM-9X interceptor was employed against a UAS flying … Dowiedz się więcej

Raytheon, US Navy Deliver 5,000th AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile

Raytheon Company’s AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile program has marked a milestone of delivering 5,000 missiles to the U.S. government and nine international partners. „The 400 Raytheon employees and the hundreds of employees who work for our suppliers around the world helped achieve this significant milestone,” said Harry Schulte, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems’ Air … Dowiedz się więcej

5000 pocisków w programie AIM-9X

Firma Raytheon poinformowała o wyprodukowaniu już 5000 pocisków AIM-9X Sidewinder (wersji Block I i Block II) na rzecz rządu USA oraz 9 odbiorców międzynarodowych. AIM-9X to pocisk klasy powietrze-powietrze wykorzystujący do podczerwień do atakowania wyznaczonych celów. Wersja Block II charakteryzuje się przebudowanym zapalnikiem oraz cyfrowym mechanizmem zabezpieczającym poprawiającym bezpieczeństwo podczas obsługi na ziemi oraz w … Dowiedz się więcej

Holland wants to buy AIM-9X-2 SIDEWINDER Block II

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress October 16 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Netherlands for 28 AIM-9X-2 SIDEWINDER Block II All-Up-Round Missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $60 million.