defense-tech is the sole category represented across all 1 tracked stories. Foreign Military Sales programme is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. Each carries 2 original sources on average. We currently track 1 Space & Defense story that mention AMRAAM, all published on September 29, 2026.
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What the coverage shows about AMRAAM
defense-tech is the sole category represented across all 1 tracked stories. Foreign Military Sales programme is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. Each carries 2 original sources on average. We currently track 1 Space & Defense story that mention AMRAAM, all published on September 29, 2026.
Stories tracked
1
Sources per story
2
Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 2 Space & Defense stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
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Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering AMRAAM. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
The department announces the contract, citing near-doubled AMRAAM production and participation from the Air Force, Navy, and allied Foreign Military Sales customers.
Contract awarded to Raytheon
US Department of War awards Raytheon an up to $20.7 billion contract for AMRAAM production over five years with two option years.
This multiyear AMRAAM award signals a defense-industrial shift: a $20.7 billion ceiling across five years with two option years, joint Air Force, Navy, and allied demand, and an explicit target of nearly doubled output compared to 2024. For space and defense professionals, it underscores how sustained munitions procurement can shape aerospace supplier capacity and allied readiness.