U.S. Air Force aerial warfare experts are asking Raytheon Technologies Corp. to upgrade the U.S. Navy and Air Force AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) under terms of a $125 million four-year contract announced Wednesday. Officials of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., are asking the Raytheon Missiles & Defense segment in Tucson, Ariz., to carry out the AMRAAM System Improvement Program (SIP).
The AMRAAM SIP is to create advanced versions of the AIM-120D AMRAAM missile, with improvements in almost all areas, including a 50 percent greater range than previous versions of the anti-aircraft missile, and better guidance over its entire flight envelope for an improved probability of kill.
This contract provides for delivery of software updates to the AMRAAM inventory. Software development activities are expected to use a recognized agile framework consisting of collaboration among the Air Force and U.S. prime systems integrators....MORE
