Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy F-35B fleet will be armed with an updated version of the MBDA ASRAAM heat-seeking air-to-air missile, the British Ministry of Defense announced on Aug. 16.
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The statement says the “new contract will see MBDA manufacture an additional stockpile of an updated version of the weapon, allowing F-35 combat jets to use the missile beyond 2022.”