An AARGM-ER air-to-surface missile is launched from a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet in the second live-fire test of the weapon system at the US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu Sea Range, southern California, on 21 January. (US Navy)

The Pentagon's chief weapons tester disclosed that a July 2021 test of the US Navy's new AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) from an F/A-18 Hornet resulted in “unexpected missile behaviour”. This problem has been fixed and the changes validated in a recent test, according to Captain Alex Dutko, the programme manager for Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Program office.

Capt Dutko, along with programme officials from Northrop Grumman, provided reporters with an AARGM-ER update during this year's annual Navy League conference and addressed missile problems disclosed in the “controlled unclassified information” version of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) annual report.

An AARGM-ER air-to-surface missile is launched from a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet in the second live-fire test of the weapon system at the US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu Sea Range, southern California, on 21 January. (US Navy)

The Pentagon's chief weapons tester disclosed that a July 2021 test of the US Navy's new AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) from an F/A-18 Hornet resulted in “unexpected missile behaviour”. This problem has been fixed and the changes validated in a recent test, according to Captain Alex Dutko, the programme manager for Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Program office.

Capt Dutko, along with programme officials from Northrop Grumman, provided reporters with an AARGM-ER update during this year's annual Navy League conference and addressed missile problems disclosed in the “controlled unclassified information” version of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) annual report.

An AARGM-ER air-to-surface missile is launched from a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet in the second live-fire test of the weapon system at the US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu Sea Range, southern California, on 21 January. (US Navy)

The Pentagon's chief weapons tester disclosed that a July 2021 test of the US Navy's new AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) from an F/A-18 Hornet resulted in “unexpected missile behaviour”. This problem has been fixed and the changes validated in a recent test, according to Captain Alex Dutko, the programme manager for Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Program office.

Capt Dutko, along with programme officials from Northrop Grumman, provided reporters with an AARGM-ER update during this year's annual Navy League conference and addressed missile problems disclosed in the “controlled unclassified information” version of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) annual report.

An AARGM-ER air-to-surface missile is launched from a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet in the second live-fire test of the weapon system at the US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu Sea Range, southern California, on 21 January. (US Navy)

The Pentagon's chief weapons tester disclosed that a July 2021 test of the US Navy's new AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) from an F/A-18 Hornet resulted in “unexpected missile behaviour”. This problem has been fixed and the changes validated in a recent test, according to Captain Alex Dutko, the programme manager for Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Program office.

Capt Dutko, along with programme officials from Northrop Grumman, provided reporters with an AARGM-ER update during this year's annual Navy League conference and addressed missile problems disclosed in the “controlled unclassified information” version of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) annual report.

An AARGM-ER air-to-surface missile is launched from a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet in the second live-fire test of the weapon system at the US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu Sea Range, southern California, on 21 January. (US Navy)

The Pentagon's chief weapons tester disclosed that a July 2021 test of the US Navy's new AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) from an F/A-18 Hornet resulted in “unexpected missile behaviour”. This problem has been fixed and the changes validated in a recent test, according to Captain Alex Dutko, the programme manager for Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Program office.

Capt Dutko, along with programme officials from Northrop Grumman, provided reporters with an AARGM-ER update during this year's annual Navy League conference and addressed missile problems disclosed in the “controlled unclassified information” version of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) annual report.

An AARGM-ER air-to-surface missile is launched from a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet in the second live-fire test of the weapon system at the US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu Sea Range, southern California, on 21 January. (US Navy)

The Pentagon's chief weapons tester disclosed that a July 2021 test of the US Navy's new AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) from an F/A-18 Hornet resulted in “unexpected missile behaviour”. This problem has been fixed and the changes validated in a recent test, according to Captain Alex Dutko, the programme manager for Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Program office.

Capt Dutko, along with programme officials from Northrop Grumman, provided reporters with an AARGM-ER update during this year's annual Navy League conference and addressed missile problems disclosed in the “controlled unclassified information” version of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) annual report.