US Navy seeks to boost production of new anti-radar missile
By Michael Peck
Thursday, Jul 2, 2026
EA-18G Growlers fire AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles during an exercise near Guam, August 2022. (Cmdr. Peter Scheu/U.S. Navy)
The U.S. Navy’s appetite for next-generation anti-radar missiles is growing.
A Naval Air Systems Command Request For Information posted on July 1 is asking industry whether it is capable of supplying up to 600 Advanced Emission Suppression Missiles per year.
In February — before the Iran War and the consequent guided missile shortage — NAVAIR posted a Sources Sought notice that stated “production demand is expected to be on the order of up to 300 [all up rounds] per year.”
The new RFI asks for a “mature design” of at least technological readiness stage 6 — the fully functional prototype stage.
https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/07/02/us-navy-seeks-to-boost-production-of-new-anti-radar-missile/
