An AIM-9X Sidewinder missile successfully hit a target unmanned aerial vehicle in a test, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced.

The AIM-9X is a fifth-generation, high off-boresight, infrared-guided missile developed and deployed for the air-to-air mission. This test marks the second time the AIM-9X was fired in a surface-to-air role.

During the test a telemetered AIM-9X was cued by an off-board sensor. The missile, which was mounted on a LAU-7A/D launcher on a Marine Corps Humvee, tracked, launched and guided to within lethal range of the target.