The radar-guided SM-6, redesignated the AIM-174B for air-to-air use, is a massive missile weighing nearly a ton and ranging at least 220 miles – if not farther. And it “will massively change the ...

Weight: AIM-120A/B/C-4 348 pounds; AIM-120C 5/6/7/D 356 pounds. The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range, Air-to-Air missile is a new generation air-to-air missile. It has an all-weather, beyond-visual ...

The US Navy has introduced the AIM-174B, an extremely long-range air-to-air missile, in the Indo-Pacific, aiming to counter China’s aerial dominance. This deployment is part of a broader ...

In the Navy, it would also replace or supplement the new AIM-174B, the air-launched variant of the SM-6. In most likelihood, its development started to counter the PLAAF’s advances in missile ...

as this implies a smaller radar cross section which would make it harder to track them on radar and cue a radar-guided AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) on them.

and Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) programs. The award has been provided by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. The work related to this contract will be performed in Tucson, AZ.