Air Force awards $1B AMRAAM contract to RTX

The Air Force has awarded a $1 billion contract to RTX for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Production Lot 37, the service announced yesterday.

Under this contract, RTX will be responsible for producing AMRAAM missiles, AMRAAM Telemetry Systems, initial and field spares and other production engineering support activities, according to the announcement.

The Defense Department said it expects the work to be completed by January 2027.

The contract also involves unclassified foreign military sales to Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. These sales account for approximately 39% of the contract value.