Industry this week noted progress on a slate of Air Force weapons -- including two early-stage programs -- the Defense Department wants to add onto aircraft in the next few years. Raytheon announced Dec. 13 it finished building the first lot of its Small Diameter Bomb II, part of a buy worth nearly $31 million that includes 144 munitions, 156 weapon containers, training systems and data. The company will produce about 700 units in total for the Air Force and...
