In the United States began testing a smart bomb on the fighter-bombing fifth generation F-35 Lightning II. The plane will receive a managed high-precision GBU-53 / B Stormbreaker bomb. About it reports Defence Bog with reference to Raytheon.
The company’s press release noted that the tests of GBU-53 / B Stormbreaker on the F-35 first spent at the end of 2021. Tests allowed to work out the integration of ammunition in the aircraft system.
Bomb received an infrared head of the homing head, a semi-effective laser and a radar station of a millimeter range for targeting on target. Also, GBU-53 / B StormBreaker can use an inertial guidance system and GPS.
Raytheon stressed that the new ammunition is able to detect and classify moving targets. GBU-53 / b Stormbreaker can expand the capabilities of fighters in poor visibility conditions.
In June, in the United States, the first phase of the test system of semi-autonomous high-precision weapons Golden Horde (“Golden Orda”) was completed. F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter dropped six bombs COLLABORATIVE SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (CSDB).
In June 2020, the F / A-18E / F Super Hornet fighter for the first time released the GBU-53 / B Stormbreaker bomb. In the publication, Forbes noted that at first a new ammunition will receive F / A-18E / F Super Hornet and F-15E Eagle aircraft. After that, work will begin on the integration of the bomb in the Arsenal F-35 Lightning II, which can carry 24 ammunition. Bomb controls can be carried out within the framework of the Golden Horde program.