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.

Raytheon announced in June 2025 that it was awarded a $1.1 billion contract by the U.S. Navy to produce AIM-9X Block II missiles. This represents the largest contract ever awarded for the program and ...

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 Department of Defense has been crafting a series of short-range anti-air missile launches for Ukraine for several months, taking old parts or spare units from partner nations around the world. The ...

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 ...

Developed at a turning point in air-to-air combat, the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile was the world’s first infrared-guided — or heat-seeking — missile, forever changing not only the dynamics of dog ...

Despite their age, air-to-air missiles like the AIM-9 remain essential as America upgrades to counter rising threats with advanced systems like the AIM-260 and AIM-174B. The United States has one of ...

US munitions producer Raytheon is increasing the number of guided air-to-air missiles it delivers annually. The defence giant on 4 June said it is expanding production of the popular AIM-9X Sidewinder ...

The State Department has cleared Turkey’s two foreign military sales requests worth approximately $304.1 million combined to procure AIM-120C-8 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, or AMRAAM, ...

A Polish F-16+ seen carrying Sidewinder air-to-air missiles on its underwing pylons. The country has now acquired 232 of the AIM-9X Block II version of the missile as it continues to ramp up its wider ...