Launch of MBDA’s ASRAAM from F-35

The F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet has conducted its first firing trials of the MBDA Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), the first time a British-designed missile has been fired from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and the first time any non-US missile has been fired from this aircraft. MBDA is currently under contract to produce the highly capable infra-red (IR) guided air-to-air missile for the UK’s F-35s.