• The U.S. Navy is developing the Compact Air-to-Air Missile (CAAM), a shorter-range weapon optimized for internal carriage on stealthy jets.
  • CAAM shares goals with the AIM-9X Compact Variant, using a high-load-grain rocket motor to boost performance in a smaller size.
  • The weapon would let F-35s, future drones, and CCA aircraft carry more missiles per sortie against growing drone and missile threats.