Editing ASRAAM (section)

== Variants ==

===ASRAAM P3I===
In 1995, [[Hughes Aircraft|Hughes]] and [[British Aerospace]] collaborated on the "P3I ASRAAM", a version of ASRAAM as a candidate for the AIM-9X program.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}} The ultimate winner was the Hughes submission using the same seeker but with the rocket motor, fuse and warhead of the AIM-9M.  The latter was a US Air Force stipulation to ease the logistics burden and save money by reusing as much as possible of the existing AIM-9 Sidewinder, of which 20,000 remained in the US inventory.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}

=== ASRAAM Block 6 ===
ASRAAM Block 6 standard, developed under the ASRAAM Sustainment programme, entered service on the Typhoon in April 2022,<ref name="BLOCK6b">{{cite journal |last=Allison |first=George |date=2 May 2022 |title=ASRAAM Block 6 enters service on Typhoon |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-enters-service-on-typhoon/ |url-status=live |journal=UK Defence Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502152133/https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-enters-service-on-typhoon/ |archive-date=2 May 2022 |accessdate=2 May 2022}}</ref> and will enter F-35 service in 2024. The Block 6 introduces new and updated sub-systems, and replaces external cooling with a new internal cooler. The original Raytheon seeker has been replaced with a new [[UK]]-built seeker of higher resolution. There are no US-made components, meaning that it does not come under [[ITAR]] restrictions and can therefore be exported without US approval.<ref name="BLOCK6">{{cite journal |last=Allison |first=George |date=22 October 2021 |title=ASRAAM Block 6 to enter service on F-35 and Typhoon by 2024 |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-to-enter-service-on-f-35-and-typhoon-by-2024/ |url-status=live |journal=UK Defence Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024055316/https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-to-enter-service-on-f-35-and-typhoon-by-2024/ |archive-date=24 October 2021 |accessdate=24 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=ASRAAM Block 6 enters service on Typhoon |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-enters-service-on-typhoon/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502152133/https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-enters-service-on-typhoon/ |archive-date=2 May 2022 |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>