Active Radar Guidance System-equipped missiles in next-generation missile projects feature radar seeker heads. Active Radar Guided Missiles, with their active radar seeker heads and data links, encompass capabilities such as multi-target locking, firing from all angles, fire-and-forget, and target updates.

 Active radar-guided missiles illuminate their intended targets by performing the illumination process with radar seeker heads and lock onto their targets by receiving waves reflected from the illuminated enemy targets. However, due to the radar antenna contained within the missiles, their radar range is limited, as is typical for missile structures. Therefore, active radar-guided missiles often rely on launching platforms or AWACS platforms, which have longer ranges compared to the missiles themselves, for initial target illumination, similar to semi-active radar-guided missiles. 

Göktuğ Gökdoğan Currently in use by the Turkish Air Force in operations, the Göktuğ Gökdoğan project represents a high-level development that will replace the AIM-AMRAAM missile. With its radar-guided and long-range design, it will feature multiple detection systems, and in several aspects, it will rank among the best in its class worldwide. The multifunction seeker head is still in the development stage.