he U.S. Navy’s first bomb rack design effort in four decades recently met a new milestone. The BRU-69/A multipurpose bomb rack (MPBR) received a Milestone B approval, which authorizes the program to move into the System Development and Demonstration phase. The Navy awarded the Engineering Manufacturing Development contract to Raytheon March 29. The 210-pound rack will replace the current inventory of BRU-33, BRU-41, BRU-42 and BRU-55 racks. “By replacing four racks with one, the MPBR will significantly reduce the Aircraft Armament Equipment (AAE) logistical footprint, aircraft turnaround time and life-cycle cost,” said Capt. Carl Chebi, NAVAIR’s Precision Strike Weapons (PMA-201)...