'Collaborative' Small Diameter Bomb I, MALD to serve as initial Golden Horde demonstrators

By Sara Sirota / February 3, 2020 at 3:40 PM
The Air Force has selected variants of the Small Diameter Bomb I and Miniature Air Launched Decoy as the initial demonstration weapons for the Golden Horde swarming munitions vanguard program, according to a service spokeswoman. Ilka Cole referred to these variants as "Collaborative" Small Diameter Bomb I and "Collaborative" Miniature Air Launched Decoy. The Air Force will begin the first simulations and flight tests this summer, leading to an integrated capstone event with CSDB I and CMALD weapons in fall...

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