Posted on 07/28/2005 7:37:12 PM PDT by Righty_McRight
ST. LOUIS, July 27, 2005 – Two Boeing [NYSE:BA] Small Diameter Bombs (SDB) were dropped recently from the same aircraft, scoring direct hits on two separate targets.
The test on July 26 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. was from an altitude of 15,000 feet. Released from a U.S. Air Force F-15E at Mach 0.95, each weapon performed a planned one hundred degree heading change, traveled approximately 18 miles across the range from the release point and attacked independent targets spaced 30 feet apart.
"These were our 25 th and 26 th successful weapon flights and two of the more significant tests we've accomplished to date," said SDB Program Manager, Dan Jaspering. "They go to the core of the weapon's capabilities, which is getting to more targets with fewer flights, with incredible accuracy."
The first SDB hit within four feet of its target, while the second hit within 10 inches of its target. The two weapons were released from the same carriage, but each bomb had its own set of target coordinates.
The all-weather SDB weapon system can hold four SDBs and is compatible with every U.S. fighter and bomber aircraft. It has a standoff range of 60 nautical miles. At 71 inches long, this 250-pound weapon quadruples the weapons load on each aircraft. The SDB will first be deployed on the Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle in 2006.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $30.5 billion business. It provides network-centric system solutions to its global military, government, and commercial customers. It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems; the world's largest military aircraft manufacturer; the world's largest satellite manufacturer and a leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense; NASA's largest contractor; and a global leader in sustainment solutions and launch services.
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Contact: Chris Haddox Boeing Air Force Systems (314) 234-6447 (office) (314) 707-8891 (cell) chris.d.haddox@boeing.com
Bill Barksdale The Boeing Company 314-232-0860 (office) 314-707-3294 (cell) william.a.barksdale@boeing.com
It's not the missiles we now worry about. It's various directed energy weapons.
I don't like the sound of that... Sounds like a "Low Flow" shower head...
Think of them as JDAM Lite - all of the BOOM, less weight to haul around.
Small Diameter Bombs (SDB)
I don't like the sound of that... Sounds like a "Low Flow" shower head...
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ROFLMAO !!!
If you can get it to hit within 10 inches of its target, maybe 250 pounds is enough? For lighter social occasions, of course.
New 250 pound class bombs are designed to provide high precision and effective stand-off range when launched from fighter bombers or unmanned platforms. This type of weapon offers increased weapon's loads on current bombers and strike fighters, as well as flexible loading options for Joint Unmanned Combat Systems (JUCAS). SDB is designed to destroy a variety of targets, penetrate over 1.20 meters of steel reinforced concrete while inflicting minimum collateral damage, from ranges of 70km (40nm). The US Air Force plans to use these weapons with its fleet of F-15E, F/A-22, F-35 and unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAV). Current plans call for procurement of 24,000 SDBs and associated Diamond Back kits over the period 2005 – 2015. SDB will also offer extended range capability, utilizing standoff, precision attack gliding kits such as the Diamond Back, offered by MBDA. Other SDB enhancements include seekerless configurations, such as the Lockheed Martin PNAV.
Look out below!
24,000 SDBs means alot of wedding interuptions or early climaxes.
mc
maybe they will put one on the redesigned global hawk.
I like the boom from a large JDAM good enough. :D
An even better reason to toss stuff from over the horizon
Your point is very well taken. With weapons this size, they can't shoot (down) what they can't see.
"Your post shows me that you do not understand the definition of 'Collateral Damage'"
Thanks Admiral. What do you think your post shows me?
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