![]() ![]() ![]() The StormBreaker bomb winged weapon made its first control test vehicle (CTV) flight from the USAF F-15E fighter aircraft in April 2009. By 2023, all the F-35 variants are projected to be installed with the StormBreaker smart weapon.įlight tests of StormBreaker guided weapon In October 2020, the US Air Force officially approved the StormBreaker bomb for integration on the F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft. The initial operational capability of the weapon is expected at the end of 2020. The operational testing phase of the bomb was started in July 2018 and completed by June 2019. The government confidence testing was completed in May 2018. The high-speed wind tunnel tests were completed in June 2017 and the development tests of the SDB II were completed in April 2018. ![]() An addition of 90 units for the Navy was made to the Lot 4 contract. The LRIP Lot 2 production contract for 250 munitions was awarded in September 2016 and the Lot 3 contract for 250 units was awarded in January 2017.Ī $77.3m contract was awarded to Raytheon for 570 SDB II Lot 4 weapons in February 2018. ![]()
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