The United States has approved a major arms deal worth $318.4 million for Denmark, involving the sale of AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder tactical missiles and related equipment. The approval was announced ...

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 $736-million contract to manufacture the improved Block II variant of its AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles. The award has been offered by the U.S. Navy.

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 ...

THE TAIWAN STRAIT, SEPTEMBER 24, 1958. Nine years after the end of the Chinese Civil War, when the island of Taiwan officially became the sovereign Republic of China, its air force squared off in a ...

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 ...

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 ...