The GBU-53/B SDB II, also known as StormBreaker, has reached the Initial Operational Capability on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, following its first operational use in 2025. The Naval Air Systems ...

Two competitors have unveiled competing designs to produce the next major precision attack munition for the US Air Force, as the bidding draws closer to entering an intense final phase. For three ...

David Wichner Apr 16, 2017 Apr 16, 2017 Updated Oct 15, 2020 A new, all-weather guided bomb developed by Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems is on the verge of final testing by the Air Force that ...

During the July 17 test, the crew of a U.S. Air Force F-15E fighter staging out of Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., released the GBU-53/B, which then acquired, tracked and guided to a moving target ...

The Air Force is engineering and testing a new air-dropped weapon able to destroy moving targets in all kinds of weather conditions at ranges greater than 40-miles, Air Force and Raytheon officials ...

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has received a proposal submission from Boeing for the Small Diameter Bomb II weapon system program. U.S. company Boeing announced it responded to a call ...

Raytheon's GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) programme has successfully engaged and hit a moving target during a flight test at the White Sands Missile Range, it was announced on 19 July.

June 24, 2019: The United States has an acceptable problem with its new versions of the SDB (Small Diameter Bomb). Efforts to develop advanced features resulted in two new distinct versions of the SDB ...

FARNBOROUGH, England — The US Defense Department is hammering out the final details of its Block 4 upgrade plan for the F-35 joint strike fighter, but the Marine Corps has made clear that Raytheon's ...

Raytheon Company’s RTN Missile Systems (MS) business unit recently won a $93 million modification contract for the integration of Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) in F/A-18E/F aircraft. The contract ...

Raytheon has carried out three final programme reviews of its Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II ahead of a “milestone C” decision on production that the US Air Force is expected to make in May. Raytheon ...