Boeing will supply the Air Force with nearly 2,700 additional Small Diameter Bombs and approximately 380 BRU-61 bomb carriages under a $106 million contract award for Lot 7 production announced Tuesday. The company says it will start delivering this equipment in January 2012. With this award, the Air Force has now ordered a total of 12,379 SDB Increment I munitions and 2,059 carriages from Boeing since 2003. So far, the company says it has delivered approximately 7,000 of these 250-pound-class bombs and 1,200 carriages. The Air Force has employed the SDB I in combat. Debbie Rub, vice president of Boeing’s Missiles and Unmanned Airborne Systems, noted in the company’s release how the SDB I has evolved “from a long-range standoff weapon into a weapon that also minimizes flight time to target—a capability that is ideal for close air support in today’s ever-changing battlefield.”
B-21 Bomber Shelter May Reveal Size of Secret Jet
March 3, 2021
The Air Force may have inadvertently revealed the size of the secret B-21 bomber with the release of an image of a temporary shelter for the airplane. The service is evaluating several designs for temporary shelters for everyday use and deployment to temporary operating locations. If the B-21 fully fits…