Boeing-Saab Team Demonstrates Ground-Launched SDB In February Tests

By James Drew / March 10, 2015 at 3:36 PM
Boeing and Saab North America have partnered to pry open new markets for the Small Diameter Bomb that Boeing currently builds for the Air Force by demonstrating a ground-launched version capable of striking targets almost 100 miles from the launch site. Boeing has been talking about launching its SDB from a conventional M26 rocket for years, and tested the concept for the first time in February with three live-fire shots at a military range in Vidsel, Sweden. Saab, a Swedish...

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