StormBreaker bomb won't be fully operational on F-35 likely until TR-3 is combat capable

By Vanessa Montalbano / February 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
(Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include a Lockheed Martin statement.) The Pentagon's lengthy effort to arm the tri-variant F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with StormBreaker precision-strike glide bombs cannot proceed until the aircraft's new Technology Refresh-3 software capability is fully operational, said an executive for the bomb-maker. “We're working with the Air Force on the F-35A and C,” Jon Norman, Raytheon’s vice president of requirements and capabilities in air and space defense systems, told Inside Defense...

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