Dud rate for bombs must be reduced further, Navy PEO says

The once-lauded bomb dud rate goal of 5% now is far too high for U.S. military forces to accept, and industry and the Defense Department must work to cut that failure rate, the U.S. Navy program executive officer for strike weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles said May 3. Rear Adm. Timothy L. Heely...

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