Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)

Abstract

Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) Increment II is an ACAT ID program providing the warfighter a capability to attack mobile targets in all weather from Stand-Off. The Air Force is the executive service. SDB Increment II addresses the following warfighter requirements: attack mobile targets; multiple kills per pass; multiple ordnance carriage; all weather operations; near-precision munitions capability; capability against fixed targets; reduced munitions footprint; increased weapons effectiveness; minimized potential for collateral damage; reduced susceptibility of munitions to countermeasures; and a migration path to net centric ops capability. Threshold aircraft is the F-15E for the Air Force and F-35 B and F-35 C for the Navy. Objective aircraft include the F/A-22, B-1, B-2, F-117, F-16, B-52, Predator B, and F/A-18 E/F . SDB II must be operable on the Miniature Munitions Smart Rack BRU-61/A . This rack is currently in production in the USAF, but has never been qualified to DoN environments, nor flown internally in any variant of F-35. Efforts include a Dual Power modification, ensuring adequate power supplied to BRU-61 to meet the SDBII operating environment. SDB Increment II will continue incremental development to pursue network CENTRIC interoperability. SDB increment II is a key component of the Air Force's Global Strike Task Force CONOP.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
3072_0604329N_5_1319_PB_2011

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  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

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