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. This Project Unit includes all funding for DoN support on the DoN threshold platforms, F-35B and F-35C. The USMC requirement to field SDB II on F-35B is in F-35 Operational Flight Plan (OFP) Block 4.1. The F-35C is being conducted as part of Block 4.2. Commencing FY 2018, the F-35 integration will be using BRU-61 vice BRU-77 to carry the SDB II.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Source ID
3072_0604329N_5_1319_PB_2020

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