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AIM-120 AMRAAM

Also known as AIM-120, AMRAAM, AIM-120A, MRAAM, Mraam, Rb-99, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, AIM120

1991 air-to-air missile family by Hughes

Key facts

Type: Medium range radar guided air-to-air missile / surface-to-air missile (AMRAAM-ER and SLAMRAAM )
Place of origin: United States
In service: September 1991 ( 1991-09 ) –present
Used by: See § Operators
Wars: Gulf War Bosnian War Kosovo War Syrian civil war 2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Yemeni civil war (2014–present) Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war 2025 Russian drone incursion into Poland
Manufacturer: 1991–97 – Hughes 1997–present – Raytheon
Unit cost: US$1,095,000 (AIM-120D FY 2019)
Variants: AIM-120A, AIM-120B, AIM-120C, AIM-120D, AMRAAM-ER
Mass: 356 lb (161.5 kg)
Length: 12 ft (3.65 m)
Diameter: 7 in (178 mm)

Article

The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) (/æmræm/ AM-ram) is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile capable of all-weather day-and-night operations. It uses active transmit-receive radar guidance instead of semi-active receive-only radar guidance; as an active seeker missile, NATO pilots thus use the brevity code "Fox Three" when firing the AIM-120.

The AMRAAM largely replaced the AIM-7 Sparrow as the principal beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile in U.S. inventory. As of 2008 more than 14,000 had been produced for the United States Air Force, the United States Navy, and 33 international customers. The AMRAAM has been used in several engagements, achieving 16 air-to-air kills in conflicts over Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, India, and Syria. In the long term, it is expected to eventually be replaced by the long range AIM-260 JATM in U.S. service and the MBDA Meteor in some European countries.