ATK to Produce Second AARGM Lot for US, Italy, Australia

The US Navy (USN) has awarded ATK a USD102.4 million contract for the second full-rate production lot of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM).

The contract covers AARGM and Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs) for the USN and the Italian Air Force, as well as CATMs for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), ATK announced on 11 October.

Anti-radiation missiles are used against surface-to-air missile (SAM) batteries to clear a path for a strike force. AARGM is an upgrade to the USN's legacy AGM-88B High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile inventory. AARGM provides in-cockpit, real-time electronic order-of-battle situational awareness. It is able to rapidly engage traditional and advanced land- and sea-based air-defence threats, as well as non-radar, time-sensitive targets.
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