Air Force Wants Steadier Production of Precision Bombs
Posted By: Oriana Pawlyk October 17, 2017
The U.S. Air Force wants more, albeit steadier, production of precision-guided bombs.
The service is racing to buy more Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, as well as GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs, as the Pentagon grapples with a growing bomb shortage driven in part by the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, the Air Force’s military deputy for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition at the Pentagon, confirmed on Tuesday the Air Force is looking to acquire 45,000 new JDAM tail-kits — which, via GPS, guide the bombs to their intended targets — a jump from the current annual production level of 36,500 kits. Bloomberg News first reported the increase earlier this month.
https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/10/17/air-force-wants-steadier-production-of-precision-bombs/
