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 ...

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 ...

One simple solution would involve asking the US if we could purchase their new AIM-174B air-to-air missile. This missile, which is an air-launched version of the US Navy’s SM-6 ship-launched ...

Australia's combat fleet is at a defining moment for the 21st century, with an ever-darkening geopolitical environment and the emergence of new capabilities.

including missiles like the AIM-174B, AIM-120D, and AIM-9X. The PMA-259 Program Office slide showcasing its family of missiles. Credit: NAVAIR An illustration released by the Air Force in 2022 showed ...

Specifically, the AIM-174B air-to-air missile (based on the SM-6 used on destroyers) and the AIM-260A, intended to equip the USAF’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighters. Regarding the latter, which remains ...

The missile falls under the purview of PMA-259, which also manages other air-to-air weapons like the AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-7 Sparrow, and the AIM-174B SM-6 air-launched variant.

PARIS — Europe may have to wait for its own capability to suppress long-range enemy air defenses until at least 2033, with ...