RUAG Aviation To Provide Sidewinder Missile Support For USAF F-5 Jets

The US Air Force has awarded RUAG Aviation to provide guidance and control systems on Sidewinder missiles for F-5, a single-seat twin-engined supersonic fighter aircraft, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense.

The deal worth $25.1 million enables RUAG Aviation, of Emmen, Switzerland, to provide guidance and control section technology for use on AIM-95P-5 Sidewinder missiles in support of F-5 aircraft used in support of foreign military customers, the Pentagon said.

The AIM-95P-5 Sidewinder missiles are integrated onto the Northrop Grumman-produced F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter and F-5E and F-5F Tiger II variant aircraft.

Work on the contract will occur in Emmen, Switzerland ,and is expected to be complete in March 2023.

More than $7.7 million will be obligated to RUAG Aviation at the time of award from foreign military sales procurement funds.