Pakistan's AIM-120 stocks to receive sustainment, says US

Pakistan is an existing user of AIM-120C-5 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), which are employed on its Lockheed Martin F-16A/B/C/D fleet. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)

The United States government has announced that Pakistan's existing stocks of AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) will receive sustainment support under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme.

Pakistan procured 500 AIM-120C-5 variant AMRAAMs in 2007. A 30 September 2025 notice published by the US Department of Defense (DoD) listed Pakistan among 35 countries scheduled to receive related support. The announcement, which mentioned a USD41.6 million firm-fixed-price modification to an earlier production contract to Raytheon, is for “Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles variants and the production and sustainment thereof”, the DoD said.

However, the DoD notice originally stated that the modification was for “AMRAAM C-8 and D-3 variants and the production thereof” for Pakistan and the 34 other countries. It appears the DoD corrected the notice on 9 October.

On 10 October, the US Embassy in India added that the “contract announcements … referred to an amendment to an existing FMS contract for sustainment and spares for several countries, including Pakistan… No part of this referenced [the] contract modification is for deliveries of new AMRAAMs to Pakistan”.

”[The] sustainment does not include an upgrade to any of Pakistan's current capabilities,” the embassy added.

According to the DoD, work under the modified contract will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed by May 2030.