April 22, 2021

Air-to-Air Missiles Program Office hits new milestone

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The Air-to-Air Missiles Program Office (PMA-259) International Programs team has reached a first-time Foreign Military Sales (FMS) portfolio value of $3 Billion for 34 countries and two NATO member countries. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), an existing international partner, finalized an agreement with the U.S. this March to procure the F-35 Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft and requested additional AIM-9X Block II+ missiles for external carriage on the JSF.