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| Boeing will deliver 12,889 more JDAM tail kits |
| 2006-11-23 |
| Boeing last week was awarded a $296 million U.S. Air Force contract for 12,889 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. Boeing will deliver the Lot 11 JDAM kits in 2008 and 2009. Known as the world's most accurate bomb, JDAM is a GPS-aided, near-precision weapon that the U.S. Air Force and Navy have used extensively in global combat operations, including Afghanistan and Iraq. JDAM guidance kits are capable of guiding 500- to 2,000-pound inventory warheads, and are widely acknowledged as the "warfighters' weapon of choice." Since 1998, Boeing has produced more than 160,000 tail kits. Boeing last week was awarded a $296 million U.S. Air Force contract for 12,889 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. Boeing will deliver the Lot 11 JDAM kits in 2008 and 2009. Known as the world's most accurate bomb, JDAM is a GPS-aided, near-precision weapon that the U.S. Air Force and Navy have used extensively in global combat operations, including Afghanistan and Iraq. JDAM guidance kits are capable of guiding 500- to 2,000-pound inventory warheads, and are widely acknowledged as the "warfighters' weapon of choice." Since 1998, Boeing has produced more than 160,000 tail kits. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #3 Old School, the best of both worlds... Since 1998, Boeing has produced more than 160,000 tail kits. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-11-23 16:33 |
| #2 Go ahead and call me old school, but there is stil a place in warfare for mass quantities of dumb bombs indiscriminately delivered via BUFFS or other trucks of choice. Dissolve the citizens' appetite for supporting a loser and watch what happens to the warfighters' morale. And $296 million would buy a lot of dumb bombs. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret 2006-11-23 14:10 |
| #1 gotta have that stutter looked at, 3dc |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-23 09:09 |