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Air Force

Raytheon Continues ‘Revolutionary’ Upgrades To AIM-9X, Official Says

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Thursday, March 27th, 2008

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By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] is adding a data link to its AIM-9X Block I Sidewinder missile that will enable in-flight target updating of the missile, a Navy official said. Since entering full-rate production in 2004, the AIM-9X Block I has been a revolution in air-to-air missiles, Capt. Jeff Penfield, program manager for air-to-air missile programs, told Defense Daily in a recent interview. "Sometime you have an evolution...incremental updates to an existing product. The AIM-9X comes along and it is…

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