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Navy/USMC

Navy Conducts Tests That Bring AARGM Closer To Operational Status, ATK Says

Monday, June 20th, 2011

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ATK's [ATK], Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) recently completed an initial flight integration test on the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft and has completed multiple flight hours of integration testing on FA-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, the company said. This series of captive-carry tests is part of the process to validate the compatibility of AARGM with these platforms and allow all U.S. Navy strike aircraft to use AARGM's defense suppression capability. AARGM is expected to complete the Navy's Operational Test Readiness…

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