The Air Force is examining acceleration of its smart bomb production, including increasing orders for Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kits. Boeing indicated to Inside the Air Force this week that the service may make additional modifications to its JDAM orders. As recently as March 31, the Air Force ordered 15,000 JDAM tailkits from the company. During an April 28 Defense Writers Group breakfast, Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, head of Air Force Materiel Command, said the service's program executive officer for...
