U.S. Navy Takes Delivery Of 100th Anti-Radiation Guided Missile

ATK today delivered the 100th Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) to the U.S. Navy.

AARGM achieved Initial Operational Capability in July 2012 and has been in Full Rate Production since August 2012. The program is on schedule and on budget, and is planned to achieve FOC in September 2014.

"This is a very special milestone for ATK as it marks significant progress in fielding this much-needed capability for the warfighter," said Bill Kasting, vice president and general manager for ATK's Defense Electronic Systems division. "Our success would not have been possible without the strong support and steadfast dedication of the U.S. Navy, Italian Air Force and our industry partners, and we continue to focus on delivering AARGM's game-changing capabilities."

AARGM is a supersonic, air-launched tactical missile system, upgrading legacy AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile systems with advanced capability to perform Destruction of Enemy Air Defense missions. AARGM is able to rapidly engage traditional and advanced land- and sea-based air-defense threats, as well as non-radar time-sensitive strike targets. Leveraging a digital receiver set, global positioning system/inertial navigation system guidance, digital terrain data base and the game-changing millimeter wave terminal guidance seeker, AARGM provides the most advanced system that can also provide pilots with in-cockpit, real-time electronic order of battle situational awareness against today's modern surface-to-air threats.