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 ...

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 ...

Lockheed Martin's F-35B variant has hit yet another snag which could seriously impact the aircraft's overall ability to strike at ground targets. Now, the fifth-generation aircraft will be unable to ...

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.

A design flaw has left a fighter jet that's part of the Pentagon's most expensive project ever incapable of carrying the military's most highly advanced bombs. The F-35B's internal weapons bay is too ...

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilots will have to wait until 2022 to fire the U.S. military’s top close-air-support bomb after the Small Diameter Bomb II enters service in 2017, JSF officials explained.

Raytheon Technologies Corp. RTX recently secured a contract to conduct integration and test on Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II). The deal has been awarded by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has been the U.S. Navy’s workhorse aircraft for a quarter-century. The Super Hornet – the upgraded and enlarged version of the F/A-18 Hornet – is set to continue in that ...