Aircraft
New Anti-Radiation Missile Flies in Navy Anti-Radar Revamp
The latest version of the Northrop Grumman anti-radar missile is to be fielded on U.S. Navy Super Hornets and Growlers, and on the F-35C.
A VX-23 F/A-18E carries an AGM-88G AARGM-ER on the weapon’s first captive-carriage flight trials from Patuxent River, Maryland, on June 1. (Photo: U.S. Navy)
A VX-23 F/A-18E carries an AGM-88G AARGM-ER on the weapon’s first captive-carriage flight trials from Patuxent River, Maryland, on June 1. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile—Extended Range (AARGM-ER) made its first captive-carry flight trials on June 1. The missile was taken aloft by a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center's VX-23 "Salty Dogs" test and evaluation squadron based at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.


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