Paveway II Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb Flight Tested

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy conducted a series of successful flight tests at the Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, CA, successfully releasing four GBU-12 (500-lb class) Paveway II Dual Mode Laser Guided Bombs (DMLGB) from a single F/A-18 aircraft.

These successful tests achieved complex pilot-coordinated maneuvers and the GPS/INS guidance tests used pre-programmed coordinates and the aircraft's existing targeting pod to hit the intended targets.

Complex aircraft maneuvers were performed to demonstrate the weapon's capability in various tactical scenarios. GPS/INS guided flight was demonstrated using both pre-programmed target coordinates and coordinates obtained by using the existing targeting pod.

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