Navy Moving Ahead With SDB II Super Hornet Integration

By James Drew / December 5, 2014 at 7:09 PM
The Navy has confirmed its plans to integrate the developmental Small Diameter Bomb Increment II weapon system with the F/A-18 Super Hornet independent of the integration schedule for the F-35. The Office of the Secretary of Defense has told the Navy to proceed with SDB II integration so the new weapon will be available on the E- and F-model Super Hornets by around 2020, Navy spokesman Lt. Robert Myers confirmed in a Nov. 12 email to Inside the Air Force...

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