
The Navy’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) last month received authorization to transition the program into low-rate initial production (LRIP), with initial awards expected in the next few months. The Milestone C production decision follows the first live-fire test in July of the upgraded AARGM missile from an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and comes just over two years after the Navy awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] the prime contract for engineering and manufacturing development of the missile, which includes a new…