AIM-174B Gunslinger
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The AIM-174B Gunslinger is a very long-range air-to-air missile developed by U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and currently used by the United States Navy. The AIM-174B is a derivative of the RIM-174B
AIM-174 missile on an F/A-18F, 4 May 2025
A F/A-18F armed with four Gunslingers, three AMRAAMs, two AIM-9Xs, an IRST21 sensor mounted in an FPU-13/A drop tank, and an AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR pod
An F/A-18E Super Hornet equipped with CATM-174Bs (the training-simulator variant of the Gunslinger missile) prepares to take-off from the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Alexis Walker escorts President Donald J. Trump during a tour of the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) in 2025. Note the air-to-air missiles in the background mounted on a Super Hornet, from left to right; an AIM-174, AIM-120, and AIM-9
RIM-174 Standard ERAM
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The RIM-174 Standard Extended Range Active Missile, or Standard Missile 6, is a missile in current production for the United States Navy by RTX. It was designed for extended-range anti-air warfare pur
AIM-174B Gunslinger
…missile (AAM) developed by U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and currently used by the United States Navy (USN). The AIM-174B is a derivative of the RIM-174B Standard Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM, Standard Missile-6, or SM-6) surface-to-air missile, a member of the extended Standard Missile family, with the USN describing the AIM-174B as…
USS John Paul Jones launches a RIM-174 in June 2014