Raytheon ready to hand-off SDB II testing to USAF

[Ethan]

Raytheon and the US Air Force (USAF) have conducted the first-ever demonstration of a Small Diameter Bomb II's ability to hit a moving target in adverse weather.

A second test, conducted at Eglin Air Force Base's overwater range demonstrated the ability of a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) to take control of a SDB II after it was launched and guide it to a target.

In the first test scenario, a USAF F-15E multirole strike fighter used its active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to lock onto a moving vehicle traversing through a simulated urban environment.

he scenario was designed to make it difficult for the fighter to discriminate the target, Jim Meger, Raytheon business development manager,
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