The contract is for the improved Block II variant of AIM-9X missile, which is equipped with updated electronics.

Raytheon announced that it was awarded a $736 million contract to produce AIM-9X missiles.

AIM-9X missiles can be launched from NASAMS to provide short-range air defense capabilities. Netherlands' Air Force F-16 jetfighters taking part in a NATO exercise.

Unlike previous AIM-9 models, the AIM-9X Block II/II+ can even be used against targets on the ground. An Italian Air Force F-35A flying fully loaded in “Beast Mode”.

The Air Force’s AIM-9X Sidewinder missile has racked up UFO kills this month, adding to its 70 year record of dominance.

An F-22 downed a Chinese spy balloon on Saturday with a single AIM-9X Sidewinder missile. But the Pentagon wasn't sure if the missile would work when the pilot fired it, a top commander said. The ...

The Army successfully completed a risk-reduction flight demonstration, launching a Raytheon-made AIM-9X Sidewinder interceptor from the IFPC launcher and sending it to target in a December event ...

The F-22 pilot fired a single AIM-9X Sidewinder missile to down the balloon, which was operating at an altitude between 60,000 and 65,000 feet.

RTX is set to provide depot-level repairs and other related services to support AIM-9X and AIM-9X Block II missile sustainment efforts.

The Pentagon said on Sunday that an F-16 fighter jet had fired an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile to "successfully shoot down an airborne object" flying over Lake Huron, in Michigan.

The F-22 secured its first air-to-air kill by downing the Chinese surveillance balloon on Saturday. The Raptor fired "one AIM-9X Sidewinder missile," bringing the balloon down off the South ...