June 24, 2019: The United States has an acceptable problem with its new versions of the SDB (Small Diameter Bomb). Efforts to develop advanced features resulted in two new distinct versions of the SDB ...

The new variant was designed, developed and tested in 50 days, with the test in the Mojave Desert using a COTS rocket motor. Raytheon has announced the testing of a new ground-launched variant of the ...

David Wichner Apr 16, 2017 Apr 16, 2017 Updated Oct 15, 2020 A new, all-weather guided bomb developed by Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems is on the verge of final testing by the Air Force that ...

The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has been the U.S. Navy’s workhorse aircraft for a quarter-century. The Super Hornet – the upgraded and enlarged version of the F/A-18 Hornet – is set to continue in that ...

Two competitors have unveiled competing designs to produce the next major precision attack munition for the US Air Force, as the bidding draws closer to entering an intense final phase. For three ...

During the July 17 test, the crew of a U.S. Air Force F-15E fighter staging out of Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., released the GBU-53/B, which then acquired, tracked and guided to a moving target ...

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilots will have to wait until 2022 to fire the U.S. military’s top close-air-support bomb after the Small Diameter Bomb II enters service in 2017, JSF officials explained.

Raytheon Technologies Corp. RTX recently secured a contract to conduct integration and test on Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II). The deal has been awarded by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, ...

August 2, 2018: The U.S. Air Force finally got its latest version of the SDB II (Small Diameter Bomb also known as GBU-53) into service. This version can identify, track and hit a moving target on the ...

Raytheon has carried out three final programme reviews of its Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II ahead of a “milestone C” decision on production that the US Air Force is expected to make in May. Raytheon ...

millimeter-wave radar uncooled imaging infrared semi-active laser. SDB II can strike targets from a range of more than 40 nautical miles, with a dynamic warhead that can destroy both soft and hard ...