Raytheon’s newly announced AMRAAM-ER is actually an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) fitted with the guidance section from the AIM-120.
A company official told Shephard News that the NASAMS launcher can carry two in the mobile form or six rounds in the canister launch configuration.
Ricky Freibert, vice president of business development at Raytheon, said only small modifications needed to the rail on the launcher because the ER variant is longer and to the control system software.