Northrop Grumman to build radar-hunting AARGM missiles for combat jets

摘要

U.S. Navy air warfare experts are ordering another batch of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) to equip the service's carrier-based fighter-bombers, electronic warfare (EW) jets, and allied combat jets. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced a $94.9 million contract to the Northrop Grumman Corp. Innovation Systems segment (formerly Orbital ATK) in Northridge, Calif., for lot 10 full-rate-production of the AARGM anti-radar missiles.