TSAMTO, October 19. The US Navy Aviation Systems Command has signed an additional contract with Alliant Techsystems Operations for the supply of a new batch (Lot 11) of advanced AGM-88E2 AARGM (Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile).
According to the US Department of Defense, the value of the agreement signed under the Foreign Military Sales program amounted to $ 35.587 million.
The contract provides for the production and supply to the Australian Armed Forces of AGM-88E2 AARGM All Up Round (AUR) combat missiles; AGM-88E AARGM Reusable training missiles (CATM); AARGM guidance sections; AARGM control sections; rocket engines of high-speed anti-radar missiles (HARM); HARM combat units; HARM control sections, HARM G-Code AUR, HARM G-Code CATM; receivers of the global positioning system M-Code, related test equipment, containers, spare parts, software, logistics and software support.
The work will be performed at the facility in Northridge (California, 60%) and Ridgecrest (California, 40%) and is expected to be completed in March 2025.
As reported by TSAMTO, in June 2022, the US State Department approved the potential supply of AGM-88E2 AARGM anti-radar missiles and related equipment to Australia as part of the Foreign Military Sales program. The total cost of the sale may amount to $94 million.
The AGM-88E AARGM is an aviation supersonic anti-radar missile of medium range. The missile guidance system allows it to hit traditional and promising enemy air defense systems of land and sea-based, to counteract the tactics of stopping radar radiation or switching to autonomous mode. The munition can also be used to defeat non-radiating time-critical targets.
