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Boeing
Completes JDAM Anti-Jamming Developmental Flight Test Program
Joint
Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)
Photo Credit: The Boeing Company
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Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)
Photo Credit: The Boeing Company
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BOURGET, France, June 18, 2007 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] successfully completed
developmental flight testing of its Integrated GPS Anti-Jam System (IGAS)
for the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) weapon system May 29 at
the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, Calif.
"IGAS
uses digital signal processing to significantly reduce the impact of
GPS jamming, allowing the warfighter to use JDAM with confidence in
a variety of battlefield environments," said Boeing IGAS Program Manager
Dennis Kast. "Its performance continues to exceed our highest expectations."
During
the program, testers released five weapons from a U.S. Navy F/A-18 under
various mission and GPS jamming scenarios. All five weapons acquired
and maintained their GPS coordinates while flying to their targets.
Known
as the world's most accurate bomb, JDAM is a GPS-aided, near-precision
weapon that the U.S. Air Force and Navy have used extensively in global
combat operations, including Afghanistan and Iraq. JDAM guidance kits
are capable of guiding 500- to 2,000-pound inventory warheads, and are
widely acknowledged as the "warfighters' weapon of choice." Since 1998,
Boeing has produced more than 180,000 tail kits.
References:
June
18th, 2007ne
Boeing
News Release
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