StormBreaker SDB II Achieves 100% Success Rate During F-35C Testing
Story by Parth Satam • 15h
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The network-enabled StormBreaker smart weapon was part of 28 test missions in 2023, of which 14 with the F-35Cs, and the remaining ones with F-35B, F/A-18E/F and F-15E.
Raytheon conducted 28 tests of the StormBreaker smart weapon in 2023 from multiple aircraft, including the F-35C, F/A-18E/F, F-15E and F-35B. The company declared on Jul. 23, 2024 that the weapon achieved a 100 percent success rate on all the 14 planned jettisons from the F-35C.
The company, which made the announcement on the sidelines of the Farnborough Air Show, did not provide details about how the rest of the tests were divided on the other aircraft mentioned. StormBreaker is a precision-strike standoff, networked weapon and has the capability to receive updated target coordinates by airborne or ground controllers mid-flight via two-way datalink communications.
The weapon is capable of defeating moving and fixed targets. It can operate in adverse weather conditions through its tri-mode seeker that employs infrared and millimeter wave radar to see through fog, smoke and rain. The smart bomb can be carried on BRU-55 and BRU-61 multi-weapon racks and increase the loadout and targets struck per sortie by fighter aircraft.
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