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 C, Acquisition Category IC joint service program with Navy lead. The Block II program has completed independent operational testing and found to be operationally effective and suitable. The program achieved Navy Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in March 2015 and received Full Rate Production decision in August 2015. The first Full Rate Production Lot contract was awarded in September 2015. This budget line will continue technical refresh of critical obsolete components, implement cost reduction initiatives, improve insensitive munitions performance, correct deficiencies, and increase capabilities through software enhancements, and conduct testing to ensure platform integration onto threshold US Navy aircraft. This program is funded under OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT because it includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 0207161N_7_1319_PB_2018
• Change Summary Explanation: Schedule: 1. The System Improvement Program (SIP) II contract has been extended 19 months to complete F-22 specific software deficiency identified during F-22 increment 3.2b Development Testing. 2. SIP III Missile software version 9.4 Integration Testing (IT-D1) has been extended 6 months to verify technical requirements, and performance thresholds of the performance specification, to verify the AIM-9X Block II missile system is ready for Follow-On Operational Test and Evaluation (FOT&E, OT-D1). 3. Operation Testing OT-D1 start date as well as Operational Test Readiness Review (OTRR) has been extended 6 months to the end of IT-D1 to share results with DT and minimize program cost. 4. The Lot 17 Hardware Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) cut-in date has been extended 6 months due to AIM-9X Block II+ productionization issues discovered during production qualification. 5. The planned hardware release has been moved from Lot 19 (FY 2019) to Lot 20 (FY 2020) due to hardware development issues experienced during development of replacement components. This is primarily due to diminishing manufacturing resources. 6. The SIP III hardware Preliminary Design Review (PDR) has has been extended 6 months to allow for additional time to redesign the guidance unit processor. 7. The SIP III hardware Critical Design Review (CDR) has been extended 18 months due to allow for additional time to redesign the guidance unit processor. Cost: FY 2018 original funding profile for SIP III included tasks that were planned to have been completed in FY 2017. However, the final SIP III contract award revised the weapon system development schedule leading to a rephasing of taskings and funds from FY 2016 into FY 2018. FY 2016 includes $22.0M set aside pending final disposition of the proposed Congressional rescission. The five-year SIP III development contract price was negotiated down as a result of removing the Control Actuation System component redesign from the final contract. The Control Actuation System redesign effort has been moved into a planned AIM-9X future development increment outside the Future Years Defense Plan.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• 4G Wireless Networks
• Acquisition
• Air Power
• Aircrafts
• Cost Reductions
• Counter Countermeasures
• Countermeasures
• Engineering
• Guidance
• Inertial Measurement Units
• Insensitive Explosives
• Manufacturing
• Munitions
• Navigation
• Product Development
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• Missile Defense Systems.