Italo-American AGM-88E AARGM Missile: No Place To Hide Down There

ATK Missile Systems Co. LLC in Woodland Hills, CA received a $19.3 million ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-03-C-0353). It covers risk reduction efforts and production of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) for the Government of Italy under a Memorandum of Agreement.

The AARGM weapon is a medium range, supersonic, air-launched tactical missile, whose primary job is to attack and kill enemy radars. So, why is that such a big deal? Perhaps the story of how a Serbian unit using an antiquated SA-3 battery managed to survive the NATO air campaign - and eventually shoot down an F-117 Nighthawk stealth plane - will help put it into perspective.

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