A Stinger missile launches from the new Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense system on Oct. 7, 2021, in Germany. (Maj. Robert Fellingham/U.S. Army) RTX and Lockheed Martin are heading into flight tests ...

The US Army highlighted an ongoing program to upgrade the range of its Stinger missiles. The program, Red Wasp, has been applying solid fuel ramjet technology to increase reach. Stingers have seen ...

The FIM-92 Stinger missile has been a major headache for air forces worldwide since the 1980s. Man-portable, relatively affordable, easy to operate, and highly effective, it became popular among ...

RTX Corporation’s RTX unit, Raytheon, recently secured a $578.6 million contract for the supply of Stinger missiles, along with ancillary equipment and support. The award has been provided by the Army ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Marine Corps is adapting the FIM-92 Stinger missile, traditionally used to down aircraft, for anti-amphibious roles in preparation for a potential conflict with... The ...

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TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, and Diehl Defence have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-produce key elements of the Stinger® missile in ...

Small, cheap and fire and forget, the Stinger still wrecks air defenses decades after its debut, but it comes with weird quirks: a two-stage motor to keep shooters safe, a grenade-like coolant battery ...

The U.S. Army would like to find a replacement for its Cold War-era FIM-92 Stinger air defense system, the iconic man-portable anti-aircraft system that the United States exported around the... Here’s ...

Raytheon, an RTX business, and Diehl Defence announced in a joint press release on 19 August that they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the co-production of elements of the Stinger ...