From Cold War origins to today’s high-tech battlefields, the AIM-9 Sidewinder became the missile that defined close-range air ...

The Department of State has approved the Egyptian government’s request to purchase the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System. RTX will serve as the principal contractor for the proposed ...

The service upheld the drill held on Mar. 4 off the coast of Rutja, saying that “for the pilots it was an excellent opportunity to practice shooting down unmanned systems ‘live’.” The RLAF further ...

Valued at $13.3 million, the contract is expected to be completed by June 2027. Per the terms of the deal, RTX will continue developing electronic and guidance units, spare circuit boards and software ...

Modern missiles like AMRAAM and Sidewinder rely on advanced tracking systems that do far more than simply “lock on.” They ...

In 1956, the United States Navy received one of the first and most successful air-to-air missiles ever made, the AAM-N-7 Sidewinder (now called the AIM-9 Sidewinder). The Sidewinder has been in ...

The more complex and effective AMRAAM costs about three times as much as a Sidewinder. The Patriot Air Defense system uses two different missiles, the $4 million PAC-2 GEM-T/Guidance Enhanced Missile ...

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has landed a three-year, $199.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the full-rate production of lot 17 AIM-9X Sidewinder tactical missiles. The Defense Department ...

Saudi Arabia has agreed to buy the latest version of Sidewinder air-to-air missiles built in Tucson. Under the agreement the United States is to provide an undisclosed number of tactical and training ...