Raytheon Unveils Peregrine Air-to-air Missile
The new weapon aims to fill the middle ground between the AIM-9X and the AIM-120, combining good range performance with the AIM-9X’s agility
Raytheon lifted the lid on its new Peregrine medium-range, air-to-air missile during the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air, Space & Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Maryland. The new weapon employs a similar configuration to the SM-2 Standard fleet defense missile, with long strakes amidships and cruciform tailfins aft. Raytheon released minimal details about the new weapon, but did say that it was, “half the size and cost of today's air-to-air missiles,” while delivering greater range and effect. With a length of about 6 ft (1.8-m) and a weight of 150-lb (68-kg), the missile is about half the size of the 12-ft (3.7-m), 335-lb (152-kg) AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile).
