The Sidewinder missile is the most ubiquitous air-to-air missile in the world—first introduced in the 1950s and still in widespread use today. The AIM-9 Sidewinder is the most successful short-range ...
RTX Corporation’s RTX business unit, Raytheon, won a modification contract to aid the AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile Systems. The award has been offered by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD ...
Over seven decades ago, a revolutionary guided missile entered development that would forever transform modern aerial warfare. Emerging from a late 1940s U.S. Navy research project aimed at creating ...
Because of their offensive and defensive capabilities, the missiles mounted on fighter jets are their most important weapons. The United States military started using missiles right after World War II ...