Tactical Aim Missiles
Abstract
The AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile is a long term evolution of the AIM-9 series of fielded missiles. The AIM-9X missile program provides a launch and leave, air combat munition that uses passive infrared (IR) energy for acquisition and tracking of enemy aircraft and complements the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air missile (AMRAAM). Air superiority in the short-range air-to-air missile arena is essential and includes first shot, first kill opportunity against an enemy employing IR countermeasures. The AIM-9X employs several components common with the AIM-9M (fuze, rocket motor and warhead). Anti-Tamper features have been incorporated to protect improvements inherent in this design. AIM-9X is a Post Milestone III, Acquisition Category IC (ACAT - IC) joint service program with Navy lead. The program is in full rate production (FRP) with Lot 9 contract awarded June 2009. Beginning with the Lot 9 contract award, the missile will include the preplanned product improvements (P3I) that resolve critical obsolescence issues such as the Active Optical Target Detector (ie Fuze) and new CPU processor, as well as improvements to the performance of the missile such as data link capabilities, battery improvements, safety improvements and appropriate software updates. This budget line item will fund the development, test and integration of software updates to the missile, as well as aircraft platform integration, to ensure these capabilities perform in accordance with established requirements. Includes efforts to update missile components in order to comply with Insensitive Munitions requirements as established by Joint Requirements Oversight Council memo dated 11 February 2009.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 0207161N_7_1319_PB_2011
- Change Summary Explanation
- Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Deliveries in FY 2009 have been updated to reflect actuals Deliveries in 4th Quarter FY 2010 reduced from 20 to 4 due to change in FY 2009 quantities from 144 to 114. Qualification of the Tactical missile Active Optical Target Detector (AOTD) is not complete. This results in extension of the DT-IIIC schedule, which leads to moving the OT-IIIC, DT-IIID, IT-IIID and OT-IIID schedule to the right. FY 2010 Production Contract (FRP6) has been delayed 3 months due to extended contract negotiations associated with Block II missiles. The program expects to award in June 2010. FY11 from previous President's Budget is shown as zero because no FY11-15 data was presented in President's Budget 2010.
- Service Agency Name
- Navy
Entities
Organizations
- United States Navy
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