Raytheon’s under-development AIM-120D3 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) variant may become part of a high/low combination of payloads carried by U.S. fighters together with the ...

The first live firing of the AIM-120D-3 occurred in July 2022, after the plan for its upgrade was announced in 2021. The company received a $1.15 billion contract for AIM-120D-3 and C-8 missiles ...

AMRAAM will also switch from active radar homing to home on jamming by an enemy aircraft. AIM-120D and D3 missiles have a maximum range of 180 kilometers. The 162 kg missile has a 20 kg explosive ...

Joint procurement of the AMRAAM continues with the AIM-120D version starting in fiscal 2006, which features improved navigation, kinematics, lethality and hardware and software updates to enhance ...

The PL-15 was China's answer to the US AIM-120D Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). A 2020 Royal United Services Institute report said this missile, a follow-on to the PL-12 ...

Hoehn said a better approach might be to send Ukraine more Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs—particularly the AIM-120D variant—to down Russian planes before they can drop ...

The AIM-120 C-8 is the export version of the AIM-120D and closely resembles this missile. (RTX Corporation) The US Department of State has made a determination approving a possible sale of AIM ...

as well as to re-host legacy software in the AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 variants of AMRAAM. The contract, the sixth production lot of the highly advanced missiles developed under the F3R program ...

In addition to flight range and anti-jamming improvements developed for the latest AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM variant, Norman says CCA integration is part of Raytheon’s effort to “future proof” the ...