AIM-160 SACM

{{Short description|American air-to-air missile concept}}

{{distinguish|text = the ADM-160 MALD air-launched decoy missile}}

The AIM-160 Small Advanced Capabilities Missile (SACM), occasionally referred to as the CUDA (expansion unknown) or Cuda,{{cite web|title=Raytheon unveils medium-range air-to-air missile project|url=https://sdquebec.ca/fr/nouvelle/raytheon-unveils-medium-range-air-to-air-missile-project|website=SD Quebec|publisher=SD Quebec|access-date=2025-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122001933/https://sdquebec.ca/fr/nouvelle/raytheon-unveils-medium-range-air-to-air-missile-project|archive-date=2025-01-22}} is a United States Air Force concept for a "next-generation," medium-range, relatively compact air-to-air missile. Unlike most air-to-air missiles, the CUDA uses "hit-to-kill" technology instead of an explosive warhead, allowing it to save weight by removing the relatively heavy explosive warhead. Designed to include a reduced size while maintaining the range of the AIM-120 AMRAAM, the CUDA seeks to replace the AIM-120's role, while allowing for more to be carried in the weapons bay of modern 5th generation fighter weapons bay, such as in the F-35 and F-22. CUDA also reportedly uses a unique system of propulsive bursts around its airframe, allowing for supposed increased maneuverabilty, which could increase the probability of killing the target.{{Cite web |title=Fifth-Generation Weapons |url=https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/fifth-generation-weapons/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Air & Space Forces Magazine |language=en-US}}

The CUDA was displayed in a photo in the November 2012 issue of the U.S. Air Force Magazine, with the caption 'A Lockheed Martin model shows how its "’Cuda" concept for a small AMRAAM-class radar guided dogfight missile could triple the air-to-air internal loadout on an F-35. The missile is about the size of a Small Diameter Bomb and fits on an SDB-style rack',{{Cite web |last=Cenciotti |first=David |date=2012-11-30 |title=New (still quite secret) Hit-to-Kill missile for the F-35 unveiled: the Lockheed Martin "Cuda" |url=https://theaviationist.com/2012/11/30/cuda/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=The Aviationist |language=en-US}} and was officially revealed in January and February 2017, during a presentation and an interview by FlightGlobal with General Herbert Carlisle of the USAF.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

The missile is under development by Lockheed Martin, and began evaluation by the Air Force Research Laboratory in 2019.{{Cite web |title=Fifth-Generation Weapons |url=https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/fifth-generation-weapons/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Air & Space Forces Magazine |language=en-US}}