USAF to modify GBU-28 kits to include BLU-113 upgrades

The Air Force unveiled plans late last week to modify the GBU-28 guidance and tail kits to accommodate an upgrade package for the BLU-113 penetrator warhead. Raytheon, the bomb kit's current supplier, will be awarded a sole-source contract to make up to 350 new GBU-28s in support of the Pre-planned...

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