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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

NAVAIR delivers dual-mode bomb

Naval Air Systems Command delivered the first Dual-Mode Laser-Guided Bomb (DMLGB) to the Fleet this month.

DMLGB provides the Navy F/A-18 Hornet and the Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircrews the capability to employ a precision weapon in Global Positioning System aided inertial navigation system, or laser guidance mode.

“The combined Navy/Lockheed Martin team achieved another milestone in providing warfighters with innovative and cost-effective, direct-attack capabilities,” said Capt. Mat Winter, PMA 201 Precision Strike Weapons program manager.

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