Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile Demonstrates Surface-Launch Capabilities

Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile Demonstrates Surface-Launch Capabilities:

"PARIS, June 15, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) AIM-9X Sidewinder missile demonstrated surface-to-air capability when it engaged an unmanned aircraft vehicle target during a May 16 test.

"The AIM-9X is a fifth-generation, high off-boresight, infrared-guided missile developed and deployed for the air-to-air mission. This test marks the second time the AIM-9X was fired in a surface-to-air role.

"'The AIM-9X team was pleased to assist the U.S. Marine Corps with this successful demonstration,' said Capt. Jeffrey Penfield, the U.S. Navy's Air-to-Air Missile program manager. 'The AIM-9X missile has tremendous air-to-air capabilities, and this demonstration may help our warfighters exploit these capabilities in complementary employment methods.'

"During the test a telemetered AIM-9X was cued by an off-board sensor. The missile, which was mounted on a LAU-7A/D launcher on a U.S. Marine Corps Humvee, tracked, launched and guided to within lethal range of the target."