The Vympel NPO R-77 missile is a Russian active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. It is also known by its export designation RVV-AE. It is the Russian counterpart to the American AIM-120 AMRAAM missile.
R-77
Seeker Head of Vympel R-77 at 2009 MAKS Airshow
Active radar homing (ARH) is a missile guidance method in which a missile contains a radar transceiver and the electronics necessary for it to find and track its target autonomously. The NATO brevity code for an air-to-air active radar homing missile launch is fox three.
BAT radar guided bomb
RBS-15F anti-ship missile (on right) under the wing of a JAS 39 Gripen fighter, 2007
Active radar homing missile seeker