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AARGM-ER Finishes Fourth Flight Test

Thursday, December 8th, 2022

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AARGM-ER Finishes Fourth Flight Test

The Navy's Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) completes its first live fire event July 19, 2021 off the coast of Point Mugu Sea Test Range in California. (U.S. Navy photo)

The Navy and Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently finished the fourth successful live fire flight test of the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER), the company said on Dec. 8. On Nov. 30, a Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet launched the missile and engaged an unspecified “operationally-representative, moving maritime target” at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the coast of southern California. This test came months after Northrop Grumman announced the third successful AARGM-ER live fire test (Defense Daily, July…

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