President Obama unveils a new defense strategy, which places greater emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region. (Sustaining US Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense)
RTX’s Raytheon unit was able to “significantly” extend the range of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile using mostly software changes in experimental tests last year, expanding the reach and lethality of the standard U.S. dogfighting weapon, company officials said Sept. 15.