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Italy Live Fire Tests AARGM, U.S. Navy Says AARGM-ER Will Have Notable Range Improvement

Friday, April 13th, 2018

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The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) revealed the week of April 1 the Italian Air Force conducted a successful test of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) and the in-development AARGM-ER is expected to have a “significant improvement in range.”The AARGM is a joint U.S. Navy- Italian Air Force international cooperative acquisition program, with Orbital ATK [OA] acting as prime contractor. It is an upgrade over the legacy Raytheon [RTN] AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile system (HARM) that targets surface-to-air radar systems.Capt.…

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