A significant update to the U.S.-made MQ-9 Reaper drone appears to be making ... More recent iterations of the drone are capable of firing the AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile in addition ...

Over the years, the MQ-9 has been upgraded in order to retain emerging weapon systems. Modern Reapers are capable of firing ...

the AIM-9X Sidewinder. The AIM-9 is a family of heat-seeking, air-to-air missiles that have an estimated 270 aircraft kills to their name, according to a 2004 Air Force press release. Though there ...

Only this version of the system can fire the ‘X’ variant of the AIM-9 (AIM-9X). “We have (shot down) 252 confirmed targets, including 114 drones and 137 cruise missiles,” said “Baron ...

The US government has cleared the potential sale of Raytheon AIM-120C-8 and AIM-9X air-to-to air missiles to Turkey.

The US State Department has approved two potential foreign military sales (FMS) of AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II and AIM-120C-8 ...

With the first F-16s thought to be in Ukraine's hands, the U.S. is reportedly sending a range of American-made weapons, including the AIM-9X, to go with the fast jets for which Kyiv has long pleaded.

An F-22 downed a Chinese spy balloon on Saturday with a single AIM-9X Sidewinder missile ... was unsure if the Air Force ever tested an AIM-9 against a balloon target at such a high altitude.