Lack Of Test Aircraft, Range Time Delay Testing Of StormBreaker

StormBreaker Small-Diameter Bomb
Credit: Raytheon
A lack of available aircraft and range time has delayed testing of the GBU-53/B StormBreaker small-diameter bomb, with initial operational capability expected to slip, according to a new government assessment. After the U.S. Air Force fielded the Raytheon bomb, previously known as the SDB-II, the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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