Tail Kit Technology Sought For Next-Generation Penetrator

GBU MOP

USAF started developing the MOP more than 20 years ago and completed the first drop test in 2007.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
A newly released request for information about tail kit technology adds a new angle to the U.S. Air Force’s continued pursuit of a new weapon to replace the Dynetics/Boeing GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). The market survey released on Feb. 23 by the weapons division of the Air Force Life...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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