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

Monday, April 9th, 2018

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

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

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) revealed last week 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)…

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