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Wednesday, November 02, 2005

$38.3M to Produce More SDB I Smart Bombs

GBU-39 Small Diamater Bomb
Defense Industries Daily has covered the 250-pound, GPS/INS guided GBU-39 Small Diamater Bomb before. This smart little glide bomb is considered one of the most transformation items in the USAF because of the way its small size and structure penetrating punch can make every single USAF aircraft many times more effective. The SDB is being tested on the F/A-22 Raptor as its primary strike weapon, and production has begun; but the Darlene Druyun scandals have forced the $1.7 billion Phase II (SDB moving target killer) contract back to a competitive rebid.

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