Northrop Grumman CRJ700 Testbed Seen Sporting New Missile Nose

First Glimpse of America's Next-Gen Air-to-Air Missile? AIM-260 Possibly Spotted on NG Testbed

U.S. air combat capabilities, new photos taken at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, suggest the first public sighting of America’s next-generation air-to-air missile: the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM). The photographs, captured by renowned aviation photographer Colin Clark, show a CRJ700 aircraft operated by Northrop Grumman with what appears to be the forward section of the highly secretive AIM-260 missile attached to its nose.

Northrop Grumman CRJ700 Testbed Seen Sporting New Missile Nose

The NG testbed, previously fitted with fighter aircraft nose radomes, was photographed showing what appears to be a forward section of the new AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile. Captured by aviation photographer Colin Clark at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, the images show the CRJ700 aircraft outfitted with a missile nose where it has previously, and recently, carried an F-35 radome. The aircraft, N806X, is registered to Northrop Grumman S…