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 associated with integration on the DoN threshold platforms, F-35B and F-35C. This includes the integration of the SDB II weapon with BRU-61 rack on the F-35B&C, modification to the USAF BRU-61 four-place bomb rack for F-35 and DoN shipboard environments, the integration of the Universal Armament Interface (UAI) software into the F-35 Operational Flight Program (OFP), test asset procurement, flight testing, logistics and associated software updates for the SDB II weapon system.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 3072_0604329N_5_1319_PB_2023

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• Aerospace Engineering
• Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management