Air Force Issues $122 Million JSOW Contract

By Thomas Duffy / March 23, 2001 at 5:00 AM
Textron Systems has been given a $122 million contract modification to provide 1,200 submunitions for the Air Force's Joint Stand-Off Weapon program, the Defense Department announced today. The contract calls for Textron to provide 300 CBU-105C/B sensor-fused weapons and 900 BLU-108B anti-armor submunitions to equip 150 JSOWs, according to the DOD statement. JSOW is a joint Navy and Air Force program that features three separate variants. The Air Force version is called the BLU-108 and incorporates the sensor-fused weapon creating...

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