What's Ahead in Aerospace and Defense: U.S. Navy plans to retire AIM-54 Phoenix missile Sept. 30

PHOENIX FADING: The aging AIM-54 Phoenix missile will soon leave the U.S. Navy's inventory. The Navy says it has "very few" AIM-54s left in its inventory and expects to fire the remaining ones in training exercises by Sept. 30. The Navy began deploying the Raytheon-built air-to-air missile in 1974...

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