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Monday, August 20, 2007

Fuze Problems Delay RAF’s Paveway IVs

Fuze reliability problems may force Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) to wait until at least mid-2008 before its new precision guided bomb, the Paveway IV, is ready for operation onboard Harrier GR9 aircraft.

In a statement, MoD said: “As a result of poor system reliability during operational evaluation trials, the Paveway IV in-service date is likely to slip.

Mitigation action is being investigated and we cannot, as yet, confirm the new date.

The weapon should have been in service in September, although Raytheon had ambitions to beat that target by at least a couple of months.

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