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Flight Tests Of Extended Range AARGM Expected In Fiscal 2021

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, May 6th, 2019

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Flight Tests Of Extended Range AARGM Expected In Fiscal 2021

Northrop Grumman's AARGM-ER missile check fit in the F-35 weapons bay. Photo: Northrop Grumman

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Captive carry-testing of an extended-range variant of the Navy’s anti-radiation missile is expected to begin in fiscal year 2020 and be followed by flight-testing some time in FY ’21, a service official said on Monday. The Navy and prime contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] want to move swiftly to get Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) to the warfighter, Capt. Matthew Commerford, program manager, Direct & Time Sensitive Strike, said at a media briefing at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space…

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