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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Boeing starts tests to integrate Small Diameter Bomb on F-22, F-16 jet fighter-bombers


GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb test

Engineers at the McDonnell Douglas subsidiary of the Boeing Co. in St. Louis are starting tests to integrate the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb on the U.S. Air Force F/A-22 fighter bomber, as well as on the Block 30, 40, and 50 variants of the F-16 jet fighter.

Today the 250-pound smart bomb is fitted to the F-15E fighter bomber. Today the F/A-22 can carry only 1,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs, but eventually will be able to carry eight Small Diameter Bombs.

Eventually Air Force experts plan to equip the B-2 long-is set to carry as many as 216 Small Diameter Bombs on each mission.

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