AIM-9 Product Improvement
Abstract
AIM-9X is a long-term evolution of the AIM-9, a fielded system, qualifying this as a research category operational systems development. The AIM-9X short range air-to-air missile modification program provides a launch and leave, air combat munition that uses passive Infra-Red (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). The AIM-9X Block II missile is critical to project power and win decisively in accordance with the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Planning Guidance. The missile is essential to Pacific Command plans to counter threats employed by advanced Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM) electronic attack, cruise missiles, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. This line item continues Technical Refresh of components and software, as well as incorporates advanced development products and capabilities, to meet threshold requirements of the capabilities production document. Specifically, the program will redesign, develop and integrate components facing obsolescence, implement cost reduction initiatives, enhance insensitive munitions performance, incrementally improve operational flight software to fully utilize capabilities of the missile, and implement improvements in anti-tamper and cyber security technology. The program strategy is to first redesign the control actuation system (CAS) battery, along with the AIM-9X Block II Plus (AIM-9X-3) and incorporate it into the Lot 17 (FY 2017) production missile. Next, the program will complete missile software improvements (software version 9.4) and release it into Lot 19 (FY 2019) and prior missiles. The software will provide improved infrared counter-countermeasures, partial and degraded cueing, improved lock on after launch capability, improved small target acquisition, and surface attack capability. Finally, the program will insert a redesigned dome, inertial measurement unit, and processor in Lot 20 (FY2020) production missiles. The AIM-9X Block I concluded in FY 2011 and all funding/quantity data in the documents are associated with Block II activities. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver AIM-9X weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605826F, 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605830F, 0605831F, 0605832F, and 0605898F This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 674132_0207161F_7_3600_PB_2019
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