The US Navy is hoping to increase the range of the new Raytheon AIM-9X Block III by some 60% over current Sidewinder variants due to the unique needs of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, ...

An F-22 downed a Chinese spy balloon on Saturday with a single AIM-9X Sidewinder missile. But the Pentagon wasn't sure if the missile would work when the pilot fired it, a top commander said. The ...

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 ...

TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a $736 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce AIM-9X® SIDEWINDER® missiles. This contract is for ...

US jets have downed a surveillance balloon and three other objects over the US in recent days. To shoot them down, the jets have used the newest version of the Sidewinder missile, the AIM-9X. The high ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has accepted delivery of the 10,000 th example of the Air Intercept Missile (AIM)-9X Sidewinder, its premier short-range air-to-air missile. The infrared-tracking missile was ...

Raytheon Technologies Corp. RTX Missiles and Defense segmentrecently secured a contract worth $52.2 million to support the production of AIM-9X Block II missiles. The deal has been awarded by the ...

AIM-9X is a launch-and-leave air combat missile that uses passive infrared energy for acquisition and tracking. It can be employed in the near beyond-visual-range and within-visual-range arenas. The ...

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, ...