The Weekly Debrief: Does Raytheon’s New AIM-120D3 Beat China’s Best Missile?

Boeing F-15E
A Boeing F-15E launched the AIM-120D3 for the missile's first live-fire test.
Credit: 1st Lt. Lindsey Heflin/U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force advertised the Raytheon AIM-120D3 Amraam missile, which achieved a first guided launch test on June 30, as an upgrade for obsolete, two-decade-old electronics in the guidance section. The program has not improved the rocket motor or the propellant. But now Raytheon executives say...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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