The Air Force and Navy's newest precision-attack munition, the Small Diameter Bomb II, could soon enter low-rate initial production after the prime contractor, Raytheon, successfully completed the final flight tests required for a milestone C decision. In a Feb. 16 press statement, the company confirmed the final test at White Sands Missile Test Range, NM, was successful after an earlier shot in October failed, pushing back the program's planned entry into the production and fielding phase. An earlier "graduation" shot...
