Raytheon Testing Powered StormBreaker

GBU-53/Bs on an F-15. Credit: U.S. Air Force

GBU-53/Bs on an F-15.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
Raytheon is internally testing the addition of an air-breathing propulsion system to its air- and ground-launched GBU-53/B StormBreaker as a way to greatly increase the munition’s range. The 250-lb. munition, also called the Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB-II), is in service on the U.S. Air...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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