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The initial info about AARGM for F-35s was posted by 'brungITback' here:
viewtopic.php?f=58&t=13143&p=304346&hilit=AARGM#p304346
Following on from that start here is the USN update on the AARGM.
AARGM INFO here:
viewtopic.php?f=58&t=13143&p=304346&hilit=AARGM#p304346
AARGM Block IV
Hughes, Robin. Jane's Missiles & Rockets Vol. 19, 11
"F-35 JPO expected to issue a sole source contract to Lockheed Martin to assist Block 4 integration efforts of an extended range AARGM variant into Lightning II....
...In the interim, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office (JPO) is expected to award Lockheed Martin a sole source contract in October 2015 to complete a study to assist the NAVAIR Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PMA-242) in Block 4 integration efforts for an extended range (ER) variant of AARGM for internal carriage on the F-35A/C aircraft...."
Following on from that start here is the USN update on the AARGM.
Photo Release: AARGM moves forward with integrated test
15 Oct 2015 PEO(U&W) Public Affairs
"NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – An F/A-18 E/F launches a Block I Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) during test firings over the Point Mugu Sea Range in August 2015. AARGM completed the first phase of Block 1 integrated test in September after demonstrating the missile's effectiveness against a land based air defense unit target in an operationally relevant environment. The second phase of testing is scheduled to begin this fall. (U.S. Navy photo)""Multiple Block I Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM) moments before hitting a mobile ship target during a test in August 2015 near Point M ..." Photo 1 (cropped): http://www.navair.navy.mil/img/uploads/MMM_0017.JPG (original 4.1Mb)
PHOTO 2: http://www.navair.navy.mil/img/uploads/DT-14.png (original 0.3Mb)
Source: http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fu ... ry&id=6079
AARGM INFO here:
"...Platform compatibility: F-35, F-16 C/J..." http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fu ... 69417C5B49
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