U.S. Air Force Plans To Move Next-Gen Missile Into Production

Brian Everstine May 02, 2023

An F-22 fires a new missile in this 2022 U.S. Air Force rendering.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force expects to move its next-generation air-to-air missile into production next year as it looks to broadly increase production capacity for critical munitions. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 2 that the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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