WASHINGTON — A recent Air Force industry survey is seeking to “benchmark” the progress of a Northrop Grumman radar-killing missile, but the Air Force “[a]t this time” is not considering canceling the project or replacing Northrop as its prime contractor, according to a service spokesperson.
The request for information, posted on March 4, asked vendors about the potential to supply a munition with “similar or improved capabilities compared to” the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW), an air-to-ground missile envisioned to strike mobile targets and a wide range of threats like radars, missile launchers, GPS jammers and other features of integrated air defense systems.
Northrop was chosen to build the SiAW in 2023, and while the Air Force spokesperson did not…
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