Air Force eyeing low-cost, air-to-air missile alternative to AMRAAM

By Vanessa Montalbano / May 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The Air Force wants to invest in developing a new high-speed, air-to-air missile in part to arm the first iteration of Collaborative Combat Aircraft, according to a top service official and a recent request for information filing . “We’re looking at new, more affordable air-to-air missiles and what those things look like,” Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel, the service's director of force design, integration and wargaming, said last week during a discussion hosted by the Mitchell Institute. “So, the bottom line...

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