The SAFAT Burkan guided stand-off bomb is already in service with the Sudanese Air Force, Ali Osman, the head of business development for Sudan's SAFAT Aviation Group, told IHS Jane's at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) show held in South Africa on 14-18 September.
SAFAT says the Burkan is a 250 kg GPS-guided bomb with wings that unfold after launch to give it a maximum range of 80 km when dropped from an altitude of 10 km (32,800 ft), which is outside the engagement radius of most air defence systems.
A SAFAT engineer told IHS Jane's that the co-ordinates of the target can be pre-programmed before the aircraft takes off, but the pilots can change them during the flight; the system also informs the pilots when the target is within range of the bomb.
Ali Osman said he could not comment when asked if Burkans had been dropped by the Sudanese Sukhoi Su-24s that have been deployed to Saudi Arabia to participate in the military intervention in Yemen.