AAM-N-10 Eagle
The AAM-N-10 Eagle was a long-range air-to-air missile for the United States Navy designed for the Douglas F6D Missileer .
The Eagle was to be a high-speed missile (up to Mach 4.5) that was to be used at extreme ranges (over 100 nautical miles) against Soviet bomber units.
In 1958, Bendix received the order to build the rocket: Grumman was to build the airframe, while Aerojet was to be responsible for the engine.
The Eagle should receive a booster that accelerates it to Mach 3.5, after which an engine should hold the speed while the rocket gives up altitude and reaches speeds up to Mach 4.5. After a semi-active phase, the Eagle activated its own radar as it approached the target, according to the planning, and was thus able to attack independently.
The Eagle should receive a conventional warhead , although at times a nuclear warhead was also considered.
In December 1960, the program was stopped completely for cost reasons without a test flight ever being carried out. A weapon similar to the Eagle was only introduced into the fleet in 1974, this was the AIM-54 Phoenix .