A Lockheed Martin-built F-22 aircraft yesterday successfully launched an Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), marking what Raytheon, the missile's builder, called a "key flight test milestone" for both programs. The launch of this specially instrumented separation test missile, which was the first in a series of integration test firings, demonstrated the F-22's stealthy weapons system integration concept for employment of AMRAAM, Raytheon said in a statement released today. The launch took place over a test range on the Naval Air...
