Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)

Abstract

Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) is an ACAT 1C joint Department of the Air Force (USAF) and Department of the Navy (DON) program, with the USAF as the lead service. The SDB II increases joint lethality in contested environments. The SDB can strike a diverse set of targets inside an adversary's air and missile defense networks to destroy mobile platforms through the weather. With increased loadout, range, and munitions effect the network enabled SDBII enhances close combat lethality in complex terrain and provides a net-centric operations capability. The BRU-61 is the Universal Armament Interface (UAI) rack used to carry four SDB II's at one time. The threshold aircraft for the USAF is the F-15E and for the DON are the F-35B and F-35C. F/A-18 E/F is an objective platform for the DoN. The DON has adjusted the platform integration strategy through the inclusion of F/A-18 E/F using BRU-55 to deliver the capability to the warfighter aligned to adjusted F-35 program's schedule. BUDGET ACTIVITY JUSTIFICATION: This program is funded under SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION because it includes those projects that have passed Milestone B approval and are conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirement prior to full-rate production decision.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Source ID
0604329N_5_1319_PB_2020
Change Summary Explanation
The FY 2020 request was reduced by $21.074M to account for the availability of prior year execution balances primarily as a result of unrealized SDB II weapon redesign in F35 integration. Funding also decreases from FY 2019 to FY 2020 as a result of the completion of Developmental Test and transition to Operational Test for SDB II F-18 Integration.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Bomb Racks
  • Bombs
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Data Links
  • Developmental Tests
  • Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Manufacturing
  • Munitions
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

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