During an exercise with the Estonian Air Force, two RLAF F-35s employed AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles to shoot down a ...

AIM-9X is the fifth generation Sidewinder and is now currently in production. The AIM-9X features a high off-boresight focal-plane array seeker mounted on a highly maneuverable airframe with a ...

AIM-9X Sidewinder - the latest short-range weapon. It is also used in Polish F-16s AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles have been the standard short-range armament for most NATO aircraft since the 1950s. The ...

Specifically, the aircraft is armed with a mix of AIM-120C AMRAAM, AIM-9L/M and AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and eight GBU-39 SDB glide bombs, as well as two 370 gallons external fuel ...

Modern Reapers are capable of firing the AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile in addition to the AGM-114 Hellfire, laser-guided GBU-12 Paveway II, and the GPS-guided bombed like the GBU-38.

Bank of America said U.S. defense companies are likely to benefit from Europe’s expanding military budgets, as the region increases spending by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next few years.