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Air Force

Raytheon Wins $263M Order for AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles

June 5, 2023

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $263,717,654 modification (P00010) to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract (N0001921C0723). This modification exercises options for the production and delivery of AIM-9X missile production Lot […]

Air Force

F-35 fires AIM-9X® air-to-air missile for the first time

July 11, 2016

TUCSON, Ariz., (July 11, 2016) — In a joint U.S. Air Force-Navy test, a F-35A intercepted an airborne target using a Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) AIM-9X® Block I, the first short-range, air-to-air missile to be […]