AFRL correcting Golden Horde software issue for next flight test

By Sara Sirota / January 19, 2021 at 3:20 PM
The Air Force Research Laboratory is fixing its software processes for the next flight test of the experimental Golden Horde swarming weapons capability after an unforeseen error hindered successful airstrikes last month, according to Col. Garry Haase, commander of AFRL's munitions directorate. Two Small Diameter Bombs managed to identify higher-priority GPS jamming targets than their preloaded destinations during the Dec. 15 flight test when an improper software load prevented them from receiving updated coordinates, leaving them to strike...

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